Slaven Knezović

Acting

Slaven Knezović

Born March 4, 1968 · Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina (age 58)

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Known For

Balkanika: Dark SideBalkanika: Dark Side · 2025
Balkanika: Dark Side
★ 8.02025
MovieActionCrime
A drug smuggling crew from Bosnia-Herzegovina faces chaos when a Syrian migrant's explosives attract ISIS terrorists into the country, forcing them into a deadly game of loyalty and survival on the Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia border.
The Vegetarian CannibalThe Vegetarian Cannibal · 2012
The Vegetarian Cannibal
★ 6.42012
MovieDramaThriller
Danko Babic is an ambitious and amoral gynaecologist at Croatia's leading fertility clinic. When his colleague Bantic is appointed as head of the clinic, Babic starts a secret war to overthrow his rival. Distracted by his ruthless campaign he makes series of fatal mistakes that result in the death of a patient. A crooked coroner and a corrupt police officer cover up his misdeeds, while Babic grows increasingly dependant on drugs and alcohol. He begins performing illegal abortions on prostitutes who work for Jedinko, a gangster who controls the local drug and sex trade.
Red DustRed Dust · 1999
Red Dust
★ 6.31999
MovieActionCrime
A growing conflict between two criminals over the control of the Zagreb neighborhood of Pešćenica starts mirroring the ethnic and sociopolitical struggles in the world around them.
The Thread of LifeThe Thread of Life · 2000
The Thread of Life
★ 7.52000
MovieDramaThriller
Nova Gradiška, Eastern Croatian front, 1991. A group of high schoolers seeks comfort from the horrors and hopelessness of war in drugs and alcohol, but, in a desperate search to escape reality, they quickly turn to murder.
Heavens AboveHeavens Above · 2021
Heavens Above
★ 5.22021
MovieComedyDrama
Three stories about the impact of three God's miracles in the medieval sense that happen to the film's heroes living in a post-communist society that, after half a century of atheism, re-learns about Christianity.
What a Country!What a Country! · 2018
What a Country!
★ 5.92018
MovieComedyDrama
A story about suicidal general, a minister in the Croatian government who voluntarily locks himself inside a prison cell, and 4 pensioners, who steal the coffin with the remains of the late Croatian president.
The Bridge at the End of the WorldThe Bridge at the End of the World · 2014
The Bridge at the End of the World
★ 5.02014
MovieDramaThriller
The war has ended. Villages of Bosnian Croats have been destroyed, and they are living in the homes of the Croatian Serbs. An old man, a Bosnian Croat, disappears. A policeman Filip, himself living in a Serbian home, investigates the case uninterestedly. Through the relationship with his father, Filip tries to understand the motives of the missing old man. As the film moves towards the end, Filip’s investigation becomes more and more personal.
Cirkus ColumbiaCirkus Columbia · 2010
Cirkus Columbia
★ 6.52010
MovieDrama
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1991. After the fall of the communists, Divko Buntić, who has lived in exile in Germany for the past twenty years, returns to the village where he grew up, intent on reclaiming ownership of his family home, driving a swanky Mercedes and accompanied by his young bride; by Bonny, his lucky black cat; and with pockets full of money.

Filmography

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A StrangerA Stranger · 2013
A Stranger
★ 5.22013
MovieDrama
When Slavko's old friend Djulaga dies, Slavko feels obliged to go to the funeral. But in his hometown of Mostar, in Bosnia & Herzegovina, this simple social obligation has the potential to get him into all kinds of trouble: with his neighbors or even with local political bigwigs. Yet if he does not go, his wife will think he's a coward, the grieving family will never forgive him - and he might have trouble forgiving himself. This is a compelling tale of everyday life in a fractured society, and a world where paranoia, comedy and drama co-exist. It is also an astute psychological portrait of a man who is forced to cross the invisible line that divides two communities. Above all, it is the story of a man who lost everything that defined him, when his country disintegrated.

Šef

No One's SonNo One's Son · 2008
No One's Son
★ 7.12008
MovieDramaThriller
Ivan is a 36-year old ex-rock singer and a disillusioned war veteran who lost both legs in the recent Croatian War of Independance. His father, Izidor, was a well-known political prisoner in the former Yugoslavia, and is now standing as an independent candidate for the Croatian Parliament. One day, a familiar face from the past reappears: Simo, an impoverished Serb who was once a wealthy state official who was responsible for Izidor's arrest. He knows certain facts about Izidor that could destroy his reputation and wreck his political campaign. In return for his silence, Simo demands money from Izidor, as well as starting an affair with his wife Ana. Fearing for the future of his campaiagn, Izidor murders Simo and buries his body in the garden, catching the attention of a homicide investigator. Meanwhile, Ivan, tired of his disability, decides to start provoking other Croatian war veterans by singing Serbian nationalist songs, which lands him in prison.

Mika