Milena Dravić

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Oct 05, 1940 (84 years old)
Death date
Oct 16, 2018

Milena Dravić

Known For

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story
1h 30m
Movie 2021

Oleg: The Oleg Vidov Story

Oleg Vidov — one of the Soviet Union's most beloved actors — was persecuted, blacklisted and pushed to the breaking point before escaping to the West and achieving the American dream.

The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater
1h 14m
Movie 2018

The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater

The Makavejev Case or Trial in a Movie Theater explores the position of an artist in the Socialist FR Yugoslavia, focusing on the political and social climate that used public platforms to condemn the film WR: Mysteries of the Organism, under the auspices of the Communist Party.

St. George Shoots the Dragon
2h 0m
Movie 2009

St. George Shoots the Dragon

Love triangle story between the village gendarme Đorđe, his wife Katarina and the young disabled war veteran Gavrilo during the time between First Balkan War and World War I.

Love and Other Crimes
1h 46m
Movie 2008

Love and Other Crimes

Anica lives in New Belgrade, a miserable district of tower blocks and concrete. She is mistress to Milutin, a wealthly local criminal who owns a solarium and runs a protection racket. Anica is determined not to grow old in this dump where neither love nor life seems to offer her a decent future. One grey winter’s day Anica has an idea to steal money from Milutin’s safe, get on a plane and leave the country forever.

Thy Neighbors
1h 36m
Movie 2008

Thy Neighbors

One day in the lives of the Belgrade tower’s tenants, whose destiny is never going to be same from then on.

Agi and Ema
1h 26m
Movie 2007

Agi and Ema

A warm tale of friendship forged between a lonely boy Agi and an elderly lady Ema. Abandoned by everyone, these two outcast manage to unite and overcome harsh reality.

Loving Glances
1h 37m
Movie 2003

Loving Glances

Swan is a lonely Serbian refugee in Belgrade. He hopes for a visa to follow his long-lost fiancée to Chicago, but winds up at the Happy Millennium dating agency. A warm romantic comedy with a twist.

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.

Pula Confidential
1h 11m
Movie 2003

Pula Confidential

A documentary about the history of Yugoslavian Film Festival in Pula and ex-Yu cinema in general. Many legends of ex-Yu cinema were interviewed here.

Three Summer Days
1h 30m
Movie 1997

Three Summer Days

Serbian film about the life of refugees from Bosnia is Serbia during the war years.

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Milena Dravić (1940–2018) was a Serbian actress. Born in Belgrade, Dravić was involved with the performing arts from the age of four: first with dance and later classical ballet. In 1959, while in high school, director František Čap saw her on the cover of a youth magazine in a ballet dancers group photo and decided on the spot to approach her about being in his film Vrata ostaju otvorena. After appearing in few more films she decided to pursue acting full-time and successfully enrolled in Belgrade's Dramatic Arts Academy. Her big break came in 1962 when she won the Golden Arena for Best Actress award (which was the Yugoslav equivalent of Academy Award) for her role in Branko Bauer's film Prekobrojna. This was the moment that sent her on the way to becoming Yugoslavia's first and arguably the biggest female movie star. Milena Dravić continued with long and prolific career during which she showed great talent and versatility. She was equally memorable and believable as the tragic heroine in state-sponsored World War II epics, eccentric protagonist of experimental arthouse films like WR: Mysteries of the Organism and romantic comedies. She especially excelled in the latter during 1970s and 1980s. She won the Cannes Best Supporting Actress Award in 1980 for Special Treatment. For her roles and contributions to domestic cinematography, she received the prestigious "Pavle Vujisić" award in August 1994. Milena Dravić was married three times. Her third husband was the prominent Serbian actor Dragan Nikolić, with whom she had co-hosted the popular 1970s television program Obraz uz obraz. She died on 14 October 2018, after a long battle with illness.

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