Olivera Marković

Acting

Olivera Marković

Born May 3, 1925 · Belgrade, Serbia

Died July 2, 2011 · aged 86

Olivera Marković, née Đorđević, was a Serbian actress. She appeared in 170 films and television shows between 1946 and 2005. She won the Golden Arena for Best Actress in 1964 for her role in Službeni položaj.

Known For

Six Days in JuneSix Days in June · 1985
Six Days in June
4.51985
MovieDrama
A young man finds a way to spend his last few days of freedom before joining the army. Set in eastern Bosnia in summer of 1968.
Balkan ExpressBalkan Express · 1983
Balkan Express
5.81983
MovieComedyWar
In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".
National Class Category Up to 785ccmNational Class Category Up to 785ccm · 1979
National Class Category Up to 785ccm
6.61979
MovieComedyDrama
One week in life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a Belgrade dandy boy, neglecting his girlfriend, avoiding his draft calls, and refusing to deal with any life responsibility in general. The decisive race on Saturday is only what he cares about.
The Dreams Came by CoachThe Dreams Came by Coach · 1960
The Dreams Came by Coach
6.61960
MovieComedy
Comedy concerning an impostor who comes into a little town and turns everything upside down. Based on three comedies by Jovan Sterija Popovic.
The Tragic BurlesqueThe Tragic Burlesque · 1995
The Tragic Burlesque
6.71995
MovieDramaFantasy
In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the patients to their homes or give them to someone who is willing to accept them temporarily.
Destination DeathDestination Death · 1964
Destination Death
8.01964
MovieDrama
A group of West German men on a stag party find themselves stranded in a Montenegrin village inhabited only by vengeful women since all their men were shot during the war.
Women in PrisonWomen in Prison · 1985
Women in Prison
5.51985
MovieDrama
After graduation, a young woman gets his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story follows her struggle to survive in a small town with her small child, alcohol addiction, and the battle with the prisoners and prison brutality and other schemers who wanted to remove her from working spot.
In the Mountains of YugoslaviaIn the Mountains of Yugoslavia · 1946
In the Mountains of Yugoslavia
5.61946
MovieWar
Yugoslav farmer-turned-partisan Slavko Babić starts an uprising against the fascist Germans and their allies.

Movies

Six Days in JuneSix Days in June · 1985
Six Days in June
4.51985
MovieDrama
A young man finds a way to spend his last few days of freedom before joining the army. Set in eastern Bosnia in summer of 1968.
Balkan ExpressBalkan Express · 1983
Balkan Express
5.81983
MovieComedyWar
In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".
National Class Category Up to 785ccmNational Class Category Up to 785ccm · 1979
National Class Category Up to 785ccm
6.61979
MovieComedyDrama
One week in life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a Belgrade dandy boy, neglecting his girlfriend, avoiding his draft calls, and refusing to deal with any life responsibility in general. The decisive race on Saturday is only what he cares about.
The Dreams Came by CoachThe Dreams Came by Coach · 1960
The Dreams Came by Coach
6.61960
MovieComedy
Comedy concerning an impostor who comes into a little town and turns everything upside down. Based on three comedies by Jovan Sterija Popovic.
The Tragic BurlesqueThe Tragic Burlesque · 1995
The Tragic Burlesque
6.71995
MovieDramaFantasy
In a way of protesting for inhuman living conditions and the shortage of medications caused by the disintegration of Yugoslavia and its sanctions, a doctor in a hospital decides to close his clinic for mental illness. His wish is to return the patients to their homes or give them to someone who is willing to accept them temporarily.
Destination DeathDestination Death · 1964
Destination Death
8.01964
MovieDrama
A group of West German men on a stag party find themselves stranded in a Montenegrin village inhabited only by vengeful women since all their men were shot during the war.
Women in PrisonWomen in Prison · 1985
Women in Prison
5.51985
MovieDrama
After graduation, a young woman gets his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story follows her struggle to survive in a small town with her small child, alcohol addiction, and the battle with the prisoners and prison brutality and other schemers who wanted to remove her from working spot.
In the Mountains of YugoslaviaIn the Mountains of Yugoslavia · 1946
In the Mountains of Yugoslavia
5.61946
MovieWar
Yugoslav farmer-turned-partisan Slavko Babić starts an uprising against the fascist Germans and their allies.
Uros the StupidUros the Stupid · 1989
Uros the Stupid
8.01989
MovieFamilyComedy
The Zivkovic family lives on a hilly village, on cleared part of land. Having many relatives, their lives are interlaced, and jobs distributed. Their biggest problem is a family that lives on the village edge and whose members steal, and Uros the Stupid, single and infantile Markovic family member. Contrary to the world of elders, Urosh and children lead their life of some kind. Suddenly, postman brings the telegram saying that some forgotten cousin from America has died and left two million dollars of inheritance. Unrest enters life of peasants. Everyone has some idea on how to invest the money, feeling at the same time that they don't need it. All of their actions will end differently from what they expected.
Handymen, HandymenHandymen, Handymen · 1980
Handymen, Handymen
7.61980
MovieComedyDrama
The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicated relations within the school will emerge to the surface on the same night.
Žika's MarriageŽika's Marriage · 1992
Žika's Marriage
5.51992
MovieComedy
Milan tells Žika to get married and come to a suitable candidate, and they decide to give an advertisement in all national and international newspapers. From Slovenia to Brazil, the offers on VHS keep arriving. As Žika do not err on the final selection of young, Milan offers him a language instruction of their knowledge and skills. Žika understands what it is all about and finds out the real tricks of his friend Milan.
Siberian Lady MacbethSiberian Lady Macbeth · 1962
Siberian Lady Macbeth
5.71962
MovieRomanceDrama
A ruthless woman's adulterous affair with a drifter sets in motion a chain-reaction of murder and deception in a remote village in 19th Century Mtsensk.
PeasantsPeasants · 2001
Peasants
8.02001
MovieComedy
Comedy about the life of a modern village family and many neighbors of theirs, dealing with Serbian mentality at the turn of the XXI century. Based on TV series of the same title.
Ulysses' GazeUlysses' Gaze · 1995
Ulysses' Gaze
7.41995
MovieDramaHistory
An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.
Maternal Half-BrothersMaternal Half-Brothers · 1988
Maternal Half-Brothers
6.81988
MovieDrama
This story about two maternal half-brothers, a Croat and a Serb. Although they never met, and both lose their loved ones in ethnic clashes, there is a bond between them. Filmed in 1988, it prophetically forsees the war that would engulf former Yugoslavia three years later.
Meeting PlaceMeeting Place · 1989
Meeting Place
7.61989
MovieComedyDrama
During the excavation of ancient Roman ruins, an old archaeology professor accidentally opens the gate between our world and the world of the dead.
The Last RailwayThe Last Railway · 1956
The Last Railway
5.71956
MovieCrimeThriller
A group of railroad workers decide to make extra money by smuggling forbidden goods and engaging in other criminal activities. The first crime film made in Yugoslavia.
It Will Be BetterIt Will Be Better · 1994
It Will Be Better
6.01994
MovieDramaComedy
A local bar/restaurant run by a feuding husband and wife find themselves and their business threatened by a not so bright group of extortionists. With the help of their patrons who wish to preserve their quiet mode of patronage and a motor cycle riding stranger, they take the fight directly back to the villains with some non conventional approaches.
Stronghold of ToughsStronghold of Toughs · 1967
Stronghold of Toughs
8.01967
MovieDrama
War orphans rebel against teachers and authority figures in their reform school in this somber social drama. Danny is a teen punk who organizes a breakout, only to become a victim of the code of toughness by which he lives.
Old BelgradeOld Belgrade · 1981
Old Belgrade
7.01981
MovieTV MovieMusic
A New Year's Eve musical program.
Frozen StiffFrozen Stiff · 2002
Frozen Stiff
7.32002
MovieDramaComedy
The basic plot revolves around drug dealer Limeni and two men, Lemi and Kiza, who are trying to transport their dead grandfather for burial, until their car breaks down and they end up struggling to get him home onboard a train. This is when these two plots intersect and all hell breaks loose.
Yellow RibbonsYellow Ribbons · 1973
Yellow Ribbons
7.01973
MovieTV MovieComedy
A story about acquaintance arranged via matrimonial ads in the newspapers. At the same time, it is a story about an attempt to marry and tragicomic ballad about the unusual end of a relationship that arose between the warehouseman Nidza and the potential bride Rada.
500 Bathtubs500 Bathtubs · 1981
500 Bathtubs
9.01981
MovieComedy
The staff of a company organize the meeting regarding 500 bathtubs which someone mysteriously left in the timber yard. Although it's obviously someone's machination behind this, the meeting turns into a feast with music, rather than a night of boring polemics.
Murtal's CaseMurtal's Case · 1976
Murtal's Case
7.01976
MovieTV MovieDrama
The protagonist is a young man, a future scientist, who plans his future life with mathematical precision, but the calculation betrays him.

TV Shows

Balkan Express 2Balkan Express 2 · 1989
Balkan Express 2
8.01989
SeriesComedy
TV series made as an extended version of an eponymous feature film. A quintet of small-time crooks that works under disguise of a musical band become the supporters of Partisan resistance movement in WW2. Being forced to escape to another part of the occupied territory, they hide in "Marlene Saloon" forgetting that the bordellos of the kind are an ideal place for espionage during the war. They get more problems than peace and rest and the tragicomedy starts.
PorobdžijePorobdžije · 1977
Porobdžije
10.01977
SeriesDrama
The year is 1893, city of Mostar, Herzegovina, Austro-Hungarian Empire. Stojan, a poor peasant boy comes to town and starts to work for a rich but crooked and greedy store owner. When the owner died, Stojan married his widow and inherited the store with all bad habits of the late owner.
The TeacherThe Teacher · 1983
The Teacher
1983
SeriesComedyDrama
The 1982 theatrical film "Idemo dalje" reedited into a seven part mini-series. WW2 is coming to an end and a young Partisan must face new challenges as a schoolteacher in small Serbian town.
Basketball PlayersBasketball Players · 2005
Basketball Players
8.02005
SeriesDrama
A drama series about a small Belgrade basketball club, the life and times of middle-aged coaches and the teenage players, their athletic and romantic struggles on and off court.
The Forgotten OnesThe Forgotten Ones · 1992
The Forgotten Ones
9.01992
SeriesDrama
A story about three teenagers rejected by their parents, who leave their reform school for a wild weekend. 11 episodes in total.
The Unpicked StrawberriesThe Unpicked Strawberries · 1976
The Unpicked Strawberries
6.61976
SeriesComedyDrama
Grlom u jagode is a 1975 Yugoslavian TV miniseries directed by Srđan Karanović and co-written by Karanović and Rajko Grlić. Depicting the life and times of a young man nicknamed Bane Bumbar, the series achieved huge popularity throughout SFR Yugoslavia. Revolving around Bane, his family, and his circle of friends, the series also portrays 1960s Belgrade, Serbia and Yugoslavia.
Granny's GrandchildGranny's Grandchild · 1977
Granny's Grandchild
9.01977
SeriesDramaFamily
Funny peasant granny moves from her village to Belgrade with her grandson so he can finish elementary school in the city. The clash between the human, rural, and honest and the depraved, false, and petty-bourgeois is inevitable.