Živorad 'Žika' Mitrović

Živorad 'Žika' Mitrović

Živorad "Žika" Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Жика Митровић; 3 September 1921 – 29 January 2005) was a Serbian and Yugoslav film director and screenwriter. He started his career as a comics artist. Mitrovic directed 20 feature films between 1955 and 1986. His 1974 film The Republic of Užice was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Diploma.

  • Title: Živorad 'Žika' Mitrović
  • Popularity: 0.1393
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1921-09-03
  • Place of Birth: Beograd, Serbia
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  • Also Known As: Живорад 'Жика' Митрович, Живорад «Жика» Митрович, Жика Митрович
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Živorad 'Žika' Mitrović Movies

  • 1964
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    March on the River Drina

    March on the River Drina

    7.3 1964 HD

    A Serbian artillery battery of the Combined Division makes a forced march to the Cer Mountain in western Serbia to meet Austro-Hungarian troops, who have invaded the country by crossing over the Drina River. A chronicle of the Battle of Cer; a landmark battle of World War I and the first Allied victory over the Central Powers.

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  • 1967
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    Before and After the Victory

    Before and After the Victory

    5.7 1967 HD

    A newly established communist authorities in Yugoslavia face the moral challenge of how to deal with warriors of defeated side and other enemies of the regime.

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  • 1967
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    The Knife

    The Knife

    5.8 1967 HD

    A popular singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order to catch the killer.

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  • 1967
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    The Knife

    The Knife

    5.8 1967 HD

    A popular singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order to catch the killer.

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  • 1969
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    Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives

    Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives

    5.2 1969 HD

    An eminent Belgrade physician is found murdered. The investigation reveals dark side of his character - illegal abortions and abuse of his wife. The wife's lover becomes the prime suspect. The newspaper reporter, however, starts his own investigation. Besides being a crime story, this movie in quasi-documentary fashion presents alternative cultural scene of Belgrade in late sixties.

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  • 1969
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    Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives

    Murder Commited in a Sly and Cruel Manner and from Low Motives

    5.2 1969 HD

    An eminent Belgrade physician is found murdered. The investigation reveals dark side of his character - illegal abortions and abuse of his wife. The wife's lover becomes the prime suspect. The newspaper reporter, however, starts his own investigation. Besides being a crime story, this movie in quasi-documentary fashion presents alternative cultural scene of Belgrade in late sixties.

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  • 1960
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    Captain Lechi

    Captain Lechi

    4.6 1960 HD

    Kosmet in the fall of 1944. The Partisans have successfully liberated the town of Prizren from occupying Germans,and Ramiz Leshi, a brave and cunning KNOJ captain, has to liquidate the remainder of the local Quislings, called Balists. They are led by a ruthless, German-trained soldier Kosta and by Ahmet, the brother of the famous Captain. As Ramiz is trying to get Ahmet out of the gang and hunt down the rest of the Balists, 2 new girls arrive in town. One of them is Lola, a bar singer with a questionable agenda, and the other is Vida, a withdrawn music teacher from Belgrade.

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  • 1960
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    Captain Lechi

    Captain Lechi

    4.6 1960 HD

    Kosmet in the fall of 1944. The Partisans have successfully liberated the town of Prizren from occupying Germans,and Ramiz Leshi, a brave and cunning KNOJ captain, has to liquidate the remainder of the local Quislings, called Balists. They are led by a ruthless, German-trained soldier Kosta and by Ahmet, the brother of the famous Captain. As Ramiz is trying to get Ahmet out of the gang and hunt down the rest of the Balists, 2 new girls arrive in town. One of them is Lola, a bar singer with a questionable agenda, and the other is Vida, a withdrawn music teacher from Belgrade.

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  • 1956
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    The Last Railway

    The Last Railway

    5.1 1956 HD

    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.

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  • 1956
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    The Last Railway

    The Last Railway

    5.1 1956 HD

    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.

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  • 1960
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    Signal Over the City

    Signal Over the City

    5.5 1960 HD

    The movie is based on true events that occured in Croatian city of Karlovac in 1941. In order to save the imprisoned high ranking member of the resistance movement, the group of Partizans are conducting daring raid in the very center of the enemy stronghold.

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  • 1968
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    Doctor Homer's Brother

    Doctor Homer's Brother

    7 1968 HD

    This film predominantly deals with the problems of a young man whom his delusions led into conflict with society. These issues will throw him into an adventure that would be tragic for him, but still helpful for him to see the truth. The story takes place in Kosovo in 1945, in an atmosphere of uncured wounds, wandering, betrayal, burned homes, typhoid and other postwar misery. An authentic story from those days was taken as the film's basis.

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  • 1968
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    Doctor Homer's Brother

    Doctor Homer's Brother

    7 1968 HD

    This film predominantly deals with the problems of a young man whom his delusions led into conflict with society. These issues will throw him into an adventure that would be tragic for him, but still helpful for him to see the truth. The story takes place in Kosovo in 1945, in an atmosphere of uncured wounds, wandering, betrayal, burned homes, typhoid and other postwar misery. An authentic story from those days was taken as the film's basis.

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  • 1957
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    Look for Vanda Kos

    Look for Vanda Kos

    6.3 1957 HD

    A woman comes to Sarajevo to find out more about her brother's death. The only source she has is a message on a piece of paper she got from him: "Look for Vanda Kos".

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  • 1958
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    Miss Stone

    Miss Stone

    5.5 1958 HD

    Macedonia on the turn of the century is enslaved by decaying Ottoman Empire. Freedom fighters, in order to raise money for their cause, kidnap American lady who works in Protestant mission.

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  • 1982
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    Savamala

    Savamala

    5 1982 HD

    In Savamala, the most notorious part of Belgrade, lives an eighteen-year-old young man. In this turbulent atmosphere, different passions collide, and there are hints that the bloody strikes are a prelude to a major battle. The young man tries to escape from the slums and live in a better society. He falls in love and draws comics, while Savamala offers him the misery of everyday life, the world of criminals, gamblers, anarchists, singers and failed poets.

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  • 1982
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    Savamala

    Savamala

    5 1982 HD

    In Savamala, the most notorious part of Belgrade, lives an eighteen-year-old young man. In this turbulent atmosphere, different passions collide, and there are hints that the bloody strikes are a prelude to a major battle. The young man tries to escape from the slums and live in a better society. He falls in love and draws comics, while Savamala offers him the misery of everyday life, the world of criminals, gamblers, anarchists, singers and failed poets.

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  • 1961
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    The Salonika Terrorists

    The Salonika Terrorists

    6.3 1961 HD

    The story of a famous group of Macedonian terrorists that opposed Ottoman repression at the beginning of 20th century.

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  • 1986
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    Protest Album

    Protest Album

    1 1986 HD

    Events surrounding the life of a female pop star in which several men are involved as well. The story starts to develop when one of them kills her...

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  • 1986
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    Protest Album

    Protest Album

    1 1986 HD

    Events surrounding the life of a female pop star in which several men are involved as well. The story starts to develop when one of them kills her...

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  • 1963
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    Thundering Mountains

    Thundering Mountains

    5 1963 HD

    A Serbian hero Mićo Ljubibratić from Herzegovina raises an uprising in eastern Herzegovina against Ottoman and he makes it clear to the Western powers, especially the Austrians, that the annexation of Herzegovina to Austria is out of the question if the newly formed Herzegovinian Assembly does not make such a decision on its own.

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  • 1967
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    Witness Out of Hell

    Witness Out of Hell

    6.7 1967 HD

    Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years later, German war crimes prosecutors hope she will be their star witness. But can she stand up to the shame, the publicity, and the reliving of those experiences?

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  • 1962
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    Gunfight

    Gunfight

    5.5 1962 HD

    In this sequel to "Captain Leshi", a group of Albanian nationalist movement (ballists) continues obstruction of the new Yugoslavian authorities even after the war. Captain Leshi manages to fight them successfully, as well as to fulfill his romance with beautiful Azira.

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  • 1974
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    The Republic of Užice

    The Republic of Užice

    5.25 1974 HD

    In 1941, a few months after German tanks forced Yugoslav Royal Army to capitulate, organized resistance is turning into massive uprising against occupying forces. Partisans, led by the Communist party, manage to chase Germans from huge territory later known as the Uzice Republic. However, forces loyal to King have some other ideas.

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  • 1962
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    Gunfight

    Gunfight

    5.5 1962 HD

    In this sequel to "Captain Leshi", a group of Albanian nationalist movement (ballists) continues obstruction of the new Yugoslavian authorities even after the war. Captain Leshi manages to fight them successfully, as well as to fulfill his romance with beautiful Azira.

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  • 1974
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    The Republic of Užice

    The Republic of Užice

    5.25 1974 HD

    In 1941, a few months after German tanks forced Yugoslav Royal Army to capitulate, organized resistance is turning into massive uprising against occupying forces. Partisans, led by the Communist party, manage to chase Germans from huge territory later known as the Uzice Republic. However, forces loyal to King have some other ideas.

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  • 1955
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    Echelon of Doctor M

    Echelon of Doctor M

    5 1955 HD

    Continuing their exploits against the Yugoslav National Liberation Army, the Ballists attack an echelon of wounded warriors led by Dr. M. He takes the wounded to a nearby town. Aware that the justice is on the side of Doctor M., Ramadan, son of one of the Ballist leaders, joins him and contributes to defeat of the Ballists.

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  • 1955
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    Echelon of Doctor M

    Echelon of Doctor M

    5 1955 HD

    Continuing their exploits against the Yugoslav National Liberation Army, the Ballists attack an echelon of wounded warriors led by Dr. M. He takes the wounded to a nearby town. Aware that the justice is on the side of Doctor M., Ramadan, son of one of the Ballist leaders, joins him and contributes to defeat of the Ballists.

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  • 1968
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    Operation Belgrade

    Operation Belgrade

    5 1968 HD

    In Autumn of 1943 American plane carrying Soviet colonel is shot down near Nazi-occupied Belgrade. Germans capture the colonel and begin interrogations, because he knows everything about forecoming Allied summit in Tehran. Group of Yugoslav Partizans is sent to Belgrade in order to rescue the colonel before he starts talking.

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  • 1968
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    Operation Belgrade

    Operation Belgrade

    5 1968 HD

    In Autumn of 1943 American plane carrying Soviet colonel is shot down near Nazi-occupied Belgrade. Germans capture the colonel and begin interrogations, because he knows everything about forecoming Allied summit in Tehran. Group of Yugoslav Partizans is sent to Belgrade in order to rescue the colonel before he starts talking.

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  • 1961
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    Quest for the Dragon

    Quest for the Dragon

    1 1961 HD

    Two illegal fighters hide from Ustasha regime in the abandoned villa from which Jews are expelled. Tensions arising from their situation mixes with thoughts of the previous owners of the place.

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  • 1983
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    The Timok Rebellion

    The Timok Rebellion

    5.7 1983 HD

    In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of Timok Valley decide not to surrender their arms to the regular troops. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of the event.

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  • 1983
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    The Timok Rebellion

    The Timok Rebellion

    5.7 1983 HD

    In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of Timok Valley decide not to surrender their arms to the regular troops. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of the event.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    TV series which serves as an extended version of the film of the same title.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    TV series which serves as an extended version of the film of the same title.

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    TV series which serves as an extended version of the film of the same title.

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