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Miodrag 'Mića' Popović

Born June 12, 1923 · Loznica, Serbia, Yugoslavia

Died December 22, 1996 · aged 73

Miodrag "Mića" Popović (12 June 1923 – 22 December 1996) was a Serbian painter, experimental filmmaker and one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave. Popović was born on 12 June 1923 in Loznica. He finished grammar school in Belgrade. After the Second World War, most of which he spent in Belgrade working at odd jobs, he enrolled the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1946. He studied u…

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WanderlustWanderlust · 2025
Wanderlust
2025
MovieDramaThriller
A young artist named Toma begins to feel that his life in Belgrade begins suffocating him, so he sneaks aboard a cargo ship and travels down the Danube, eventually settling on a small island where ha can continue to work on his nature-inspired artworks in peace. Along the way, he meets a number of different characters representing various social groups that call 1950s Belgrade their home.
The Man from the Oak ForestThe Man from the Oak Forest · 1964
The Man from the Oak Forest
★ 6.81964
MovieWarDrama
An ex-servant becomes a lonely Shepard, killer hidden in the mountain woods during wartime. Under disguise of a black marketeer, a woman from the town maintains steady connection between the town and mountain, and organizes a resistance movement. Shepard falls in love with her, but suspects that she possibly wants gold instead.
BurdushBurdush · 1970
Burdush
★ 6.01970
MovieDramaComedy
Three poor musicians become rich and famous, due to an appearance on a TV show. Unexpected success and money tears old friends apart. The bass player, Burduš, lonely and lost, decides to go and find new friends.
The SwarmThe Swarm · 1966
The Swarm
★ 6.81966
MovieHistoryDrama
During turbulent times of the First Serbian uprising in 1804, on a freshly liberated land, a woman who betrayed her husband to the Turks has been taken to the court. A complicated truth and the real motives of the case get overlooked by the judge, a neutral Turk.
Hassan-Aga's WifeHassan-Aga's Wife · 1967
Hassan-Aga's Wife
★ 6.01967
MovieDrama
Hassan-Aga’s wife waits at home for the return of her husband, long since departed for the war; but she refuses to go to him when summoned, because of a warning dream. On Hassan’s return, he throws her out of his house.
The Tough OnesThe Tough Ones · 1968
The Tough Ones
★ 5.51968
MovieWarDrama
Two brothers return to their devastated home village after the end of the Second World War with nothing to their name but their army-issue machine guns. There they find a traumatised German, abandoned in retreat. Together, the three men act out a tragicomic tale.
Natural BoundariesNatural Boundaries · 1970
Natural Boundaries
★ 5.81970
MovieDrama
A middle-aged man married a young woman but his war memories and her lack of them stand between them.

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