Vida Jerman
Actor · 1939 – 2011 · Zagreb, Croatia
Movies23
Movie7.3DramaRomanceStingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
Sophie's Choice
1982 · 968 votes
Movie6.5WesternAdventureAn army gold shipment and its escort vanish in the Ozarks, prompting accusations of theft and desertion but frontiersman Old Shatterhand and Apache chief Winnetou help solve the mystery of the missing army gold.
Movie5.3ComedyHorrorTwo reporters travel to a strange castle in Transylvania to investigate the apparent reappearance of Frankenstein, and encounter the sensitive Wolfman, the Vampiress Odette and a whole cast of other weirdos.
Transylvania 6-5000
1985 · 169 votes
Movie5.0ComedyA less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
The Pope Must Die
1991 · 29 votes
Movie4.9DramaComedyNikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways. His brother turns a blind eye to his philandering although, with a broken marriage behind him, he doesn't have a clear conscience, either. Is there anything positive to be said about infidelity, or does it simply deserve the utmost contempt, particularly when it's more premeditated than spontaneous?
Movie6.4DramaWarSet in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.
Movie8.0TV MovieDramaOld woman was taken by her son to live in the big city. She finds adapting difficult and longs for return home.
Movie5.2RomanceDramaBanned for over a decade because of its "explicit" sexual situations, when this film was released in Yugoslavia in 1983 the "explicit" scenes had become tame. Other than the notoriety it obtained through censorship, the film has an undistinguished story about the forbidden love affair between the older wife of a sports director and a young athlete.
MovieTV MovieDramaOnce a year, on his father’s name day, Slavek Slivar, an employee of the city waterworks, is traveling with his wife and daughter to the village outside Zagreb to congratulate “years” to his father who lives there. Slavek’s sister Mira and her husband Miroslav also come here to congratulate.
Movie4.4DramaRomanceMarina Pinares, the wife of the president of a South American country, insists on being his vice-presidential running mate in the next election. She's no stranger to assassination to get what she wants, so some suspect she'll kill her own husband after the election to become president. In a series of flashbacks we see her rise to power: a party girl willing to sacrifice a friend's virtue to gain favor; the lover of a soldier she later tortures; the mistress of the military man she soon marries.
Little Mother
1973 · 5 votes
Movie5.4DramaHistoryAfter returning from the Eastern Front to their small Croatian village as veterans of the First World War, Jovan Stanisavljević (nicknamed Čaruga) and his comrade known only as Mali join forces with the gang led by a local bandit and communist revolutionary Boža The Red. After Boža is brutally murdered by law enforcement officials, Čaruga takes over as the gang's leader, turning them into a bloodthirsty troop that won't take no for an answer.
Movie6.8DramaThe 12-year-old son of a freedom fighter grows up fast in World War II Yugoslavia.
The War Boy
1985 · 4 votes
Movie5.9DramaRomanceIt is 1945 in Zagreb, and everyone is settling into the new regime following the disturbances of the war. Matilda is a wealthy widow of a war hero and has an apartment so spacious that she is required to take a boarder. Fortunately for her, the handsome young Lt. Horvat, the communist housing officer, has taken a fancy to her and has assigned his fiancee to be Matilda's new roommate. Where Matilda is soft and rounded, Lilijana is hard, skinny, and given to revolutionary pronouncements rather than tender endearments. The lieutenant loves them both, though he naturally finds Matilda more attractive. His situation is simplified when Lilijana, though pregnant, is transferred to another post. However, his commander is horrified that he has a lover in addition to his fiancee and demands that he choose whether to continue his career or continue his affair.
Movie6.7ComedyDramaSet in pre-World War II Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec). A dandy from Zagreb, Mr Fulir (played by Relja Bašić), starts flirting with Perica's mother during a family picnic. At first, Perica's father doesn't notice anything, but wants to marry off Perica's aunt, so he invites the man to their residence. After multiple rendezvous, Perica's father becomes aware of Fulir's attempts to seduce his wife.
Movie6.8ComedyDramaA bittersweet coming of age of Tomica Skrinjar, starting at the tail end of World War II in 1945.
Movie7.0DramaThe adaptation of a lesser known novel by Nobelist Ivo Andric, which describes the life of a spinster who was overwhelmed by a single passion: avarice.
Movie6.8CrimeDramaThe first soft core porn flick made in former Yugoslavia (today Croatia). It was a huge cause celebre for the participants and equally infamous for its innumerable shortcomings ranging from the lack of coherent plot-line to the most basic elements of film making. However, in time, it has gained a somewhat cult reputation. A priceless insight into an odd culture and its lax sexual mores and follies!
- Movie7.0WarDrama
Eastern Croatian front, sometime during the 1990s. A group of civilian refugees from Vukovar try to establish a somewhat normal life in a camp established on the train station in Sokolovica. One of them is Vinko, a disabled man whose psyche is slowly decaying with paranoia, PTSD and physical pain. After he learns that his wife Jelka had befriended Klaus, a young and handsome German voulonteer, his mind begins to spiral further into darkness.
Movie7.0ComedyTV MovieA young family from the province moves into the ground floor of a quiet building in Zagreb and with their lifestyle and behavior disrupts the idyllic atmosphere that reigned in that neighborhood until then. All attempts by the natives to bring them into order are unsuccessful, so they hatch a conspiracy. But their revenge will have serious consequences...
Movie9.3DramaIn order to save her marriage, Marija tries to erase from memory the trauma that she's been haunted by ever since youth. The shock she had suffered killed all the love she felt for Dinko. When she meets him again, now that he has become a hopeless drunkard, she feels lost even more.
MovieTV MovieDramaLidija is a wealthy Zagreb lady who, during the German occupation, begins to collaborate with Yugoslav Resistance.
Lidija
1981
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The story follows two journalists from Zagreb who go to a Pannonian town to report on wild radio stations. There they discover an unusual radio station that broadcasts news that is not usually released to the public. As they are collecting information about it, they get drawn into local affairs more than they hoped and wanted.
Movie8.0WarDramaBased on a TV sit-com series and set in World War II, about how an ordinary woodcutter develops into an active partisan fighter.
Series4
TV7.5DramaFamilyA group of kids saves a baby deer from the woods and then they take care of it until it grows up. Original title: JELENKO
TV7.0ComedyInspector Vinko is a comedy miniseries starring Ivica Vidović, Zoja Odak and Mustafa Nadarević.
TV7.5ComedyDramaWhile expecting their child, a student couple announce to their parents that they will marry. Both sets of parents are against it, but when the proposal takes place, the things take unexpected turn.
TVFamilyThe boy Branimir and his family often move because Branimir’s father is a builder and changes jobs almost every year. Moving from one place to another, Branimir changes his home, school and friends, which is not the happiest solution for a boy his age. Still, he tries to fit in.