Zijah Sokolović

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Dec 22, 1950 (74 years old)

Zijah Sokolović

Known For

The Migrumpies
1h 38m
Movie 2017

The Migrumpies

For a TV documentary, the two unemployed friends Benny and Marko pretend to be petty criminals with immigrant background until the coin flips and reality turns against them.

Generation of 71
1h 28m
Movie 2011

Generation of 71

In the start of the breakup of Yugoslavia, in spring 1991, there is a group of young conscripted soldiers in a remote military outpost. Their army and country are falling apart and the war is starting nearby. Friends are facing a decision of their lives: should they stay or run?

Jasmina
1h 29m
Movie 2010

Jasmina

Asthmatic grandmother named Safa and her six-month baby granddaughter Jasmina, are transferred in a humanitarian convoy from the besieged Sarajevo to a peaceful small city at the Adriatic coast. By a combination of circumstances, their first neighbour is an alcoholic named Stipe. He is constantly causing troubles and making their lives complicated. During one of her asthma attacks, having no other choices, Safa rings Stipe's bell and hands him the baby. Stipe starts to temporarily take care about baby Jasmina. Safa dies at the hospital and now Stipe is left alone with the baby. He's clumsy, even funny. She becomes his only mission in life. He is not ready to give Jasmina away to anyone. He loved her as if his own granddaughter even daughter. Suddenly someone is at the door. Stipe recognises Jasmina's mother. In spite of all his internal struggles, he returns Jasmina to her mother. Stipe stays alone, again.

The Abandoned
1h 25m
Movie 2010

The Abandoned

The story of a boy from the orphanage for abandoned children who tried to find out the truth about his origins. Through the story of a boy Alen, it describes the consequences of war casualties and immense injustice that war brought most helpless, the children.

Obituary for Escobar
1h 30m
Movie 2008

Obituary for Escobar

Serbian crime drama focusing on Belgrade's violent criminal underworld. Obituary For Escobar distinguishes itself from other recent crime dramas with its strong visual style and energetic approach. Borko was a young effeminate boy bullied at school by the self-styled 'Ghandi'. Years on, Ghandi is now a warlord, wrecking mayhem in pursuit of his ambition to become the leading drug lord in the Balkans. His execution of the rival 'Serbian Escobar' coincides with the mysterious placement of an obituary for the real Escobar by two stoners. In Ghandi's pursuit of the assailants he meets Lela, a stunning mystery woman who leads Ghandi to reconsider both "Borko" and his life in crime.

The Father
1h 45m
Movie 2005

The Father

TV drama.

Bare Ground
1h 14m
Movie 2003

Bare Ground

The story takes place in a dilapidated building in the blocks of New Belgrade, whose tenants constantly fight and do bad things to one another. In the same building lives a quiet and young married couple, who are completely different from their environment.

Remake
1h 42m
Movie 2003

Remake

This film follows father Ahmed and son Tarik Karaga during WWII and the Siege of Sarajevo.

The Horseman
1h 45m
Movie 2003

The Horseman

The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues relating to the region's native Croats as they struggle between to live between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam.

Outsider
1h 40m
Movie 1997

Outsider

A teenager, son of an army officer moves with his family to Ljubljana in the fall of 1979. In the new surroundings, he'll fall in love, make friends and discover the world of punk rock. The latter will put him into the troubles with his strict father.

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Zijah Sokolović (born 1950, Sarajevo) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director who lives, acts and directs in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. Currently, he is a director of Theaterland in Salzburg, professor in Bruckner Konservatorium in Linz, artistic director of theater festival Dežela gledališča in Ljubljana and artistic project leader for Dramatic society, Dramatično društvo, but also directs plays in Zagreb. His famous monodrama “Glumac je... glumac... je glumac” has been played in twenty different countries around the world. Description above from the Wikipedia article Zijah Sokolović, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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