Boris Dvornik

Born: 1939-04-16

Boris Dvornik was born to the family of a carpenter. His acting experience started at the age of 8 when he took parts in plays for children. In his high school days he was learning to be electrician, but soon decided to pursue full-time acting career instead. After finishing National Acting School in Novi Sad he enrolled in Drama Academy in Zagreb. While on the first academic year, he began his movie career in Deveti krug (1960). His film debut was instant success, and in his second movie, Martin u oblacima (1961), he proved his abilities in comic roles. Dvornik soon became on of the movie icons of former Yugoslavia, together with 'Bata Zivojinovic', Milena Dravic and Ljubisa Samardzic. However, the zenith of popularity was reached by his role in humorous cult series "Malo misto" (mini) and some other light pieces that followed in the 1970s. However, although still being one of the most prolific actors in history of former Yugoslav and Croatian cinema and TV, Boris Dvornik in 1980s mostly used to work in the Croatian National Theatre in Split. In 1992, due to the friendship with Antun Vrdoljak, he flirted with politics for a couple of months. Dvornik is married, has a daughter and four granchildren, while two of his sons - Dean Dvornik and 'Dino Dvornik', who used to cameo as children in his movies - are now major pop stars in Croatia.


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Thunder at the Border

as Pater
Released: 1966-12-13

Firehand and his Apache friend Winnetou are determined to get justice for the murder of four...

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The Battle of Sutjeska

as Dalmatinac
Released: 1973-07-03

The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The...

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The Bridge

as Zavatoni
Released: 1969-01-01

In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to...

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The Battle of Neretva

as Stipe
Released: 1969-10-07

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great...

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Double Circle

as Krile
Released: 1963-04-15

Treachery and escape from agents provocateurs of underground workers among the early days of...

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Radopolje

as Čovek bez čavala
Released: 1963-07-13

German retaliation expedition burned down the village of Radopolje and killed all the men. When...

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The Doctor of Craziness

as Prolaznik
Released: 2003-11-05

All kinds of patients roam through waiting room of a psychiatrist whose life motto is: everybody...

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On the Mountain of Konjuh

as Mešo
Released: 1966-01-01

An exciting story of Husine coalminers who formed a partisan batch and put up an armed...

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Occupation in 26 Pictures

as Vlaho
Released: 1978-06-07

Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before...

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Red Blow

as Kapetan avijacije
Released: 1974-07-16

At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it....

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Cyclops

as Starojugoslavenski oficir
Released: 1982-07-09

Melkior Tresic is one of many intellectuals in 1941 Zagreb who is helplessly waiting for the...

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The Ninth Circle

as Ivo Vojnović
Released: 1960-04-21

In order to save a friend's daughter, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, from the Ustashas, the Croatian...

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Daredevil Times

as Dane Desnica
Released: 1977-01-12

Sfaira (1971-1984) dedicated to Pythagoras and Plato is a homage to two of his favourite...

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Transatlantic

as uncredited
Released: 1998-01-01

A young man flees to the United States searching for the American dream.

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Nausicaa

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

Matija Remetin is young man who is studying drama in Zagreb just before the outbreak of WW2. He...

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The Dervish and Death

as Hasan Dželevdžija
Released: 1974-07-11

Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo....

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Countrymen

as Nikola, traktorista
Released: 1963-01-01

A girl from passive area comes to work in Vojvodina's fertile lowlands, along with a group of...

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The Return

as Barba Frane
Released: 1979-07-05

Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything...

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Times, Waters

as Narednik Žika
Released: 1980-01-01

A Macedonian village has always struggled to find ways to bring water to its arid land - a...

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Carnival, Angel and Dust

as Visko (segment "Karneval")
Released: 1990-01-01

Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness,...

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The Last Will

as Jure
Released: 2001-06-29

After the death of a wealthy Croatian emigrant, it is discovered that he left his fortune to an...

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Heads or Tails

as Bajin brat
Released: 1983-07-08

A village fella tries to make it big in the city.

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Long Dark Night

as Luka Kolar
Released: 2004-03-07

"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a...

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The Secret of an Old Attic

as Šime
Released: 1984-10-17

During a summer holiday, two boys discover an anti-gravity cannon in an old attic.

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The Canyon of Dangerous Games

as Frane
Released: 1998-01-01

A German family Keller arrives to the coastal village to spend summer holidays with their...

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The Sunrise

as Pomoćni šofer Stevo
Released: 1964-01-01

Having learned of the love affair between his wife and his colleague, a train driver finds...

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Wartime

as Bronco
Released: 1987-08-26

Somewhere in Eastern Europe during WW II. The Nazis have captured a Swedish scientist, whom they...

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Spy In High Heels

as Božur
Released: 1988-10-06

A lady manager of newly formed record house places his administrator, disguised as a cleaning...

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Man of the World

as Ive
Released: 1965-06-15

A young womanizer from the Dalmatian coastal town goes to Germany hoping to get easy money.

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My Part-Time Dad

as Bora
Released: 1982-01-01

The new misadventures of single mother Svetlana, her 12 year old son and (still) part-time...

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Mad Summer

as Ive
Released: 1964-07-11

A summer in the life of tourist-seducing boys.

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Superfluous

as Dane
Released: 1962-01-01

Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and...

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Indian Summer

as Kapetan
Released: 1970-01-01

Two married couples cruise from town to town along the Adriatic coast. While men are occupied...

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Traces of a Black Haired Girl

as Jova
Released: 1972-06-07

A railway worker moves to another city and experiences a love affair with a suburban prostitute....

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Love and Sometimes a Curse

as Mate Pivac
Released: 1969-11-03

Dalmatia in the 1930s. Mate Pivac, a policeman and father of eight, finds out that the King...

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Man Is Not a Bird

as Boško, vozač kamiona
Released: 1965-03-06

A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.

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The Deer Hunt

as Konobar Zeljo
Released: 1972-01-10

I. S. returns after many years to his hometown, from which he escaped after WW II, fearing that,...

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To Live on Love

as Medan
Released: 1973-01-08

A story about a couple whose problems start when she takes a job as a teacher in order to...

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Pero the Lump's Gang

as Policajac Jozo
Released: 1970-11-26

A group of village boys found a gang under the leadership of the most intelligent amongst them -...

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When You Hear the Bells

as Kubura
Released: 1969-01-01

Partizan commisar, a Communist intellectual from Zagreb, must bring the group of Serb partizans...

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Marjuca or Death

as Ivanko
Released: 1987-06-30

The town of Split in the 1930s during Italian occupation. A boy torn between kid's games and...

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Did a Good Man Die?

as Miki
Released: 1962-06-30

Peter is a pensioner who works for a bank - a department store, more precisely - and his job is...

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From One Friday to the Next

as uncredited
Released: 1985-01-01

Friday is the day that everyone goes away for the weekend. A bank clerk spends his weekend off a...

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Tight Skin 2

as Vujo
Released: 1987-11-02

At 56 years of age Mita Pantić (Nikola Simić) is still only a junior clerk in his company....

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An Event

as Lugar
Released: 1969-07-14

A grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner,...

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Cervantes from the Small Town

as Roko Prč
Released: 1982-02-02

'Malo Misto' lives its own life, but not far behind the times. Hotel manager Roko Prč strives to...

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Three-Hearts Locket

as (segment "Priča 3")
Released: 1962-03-23

A three-part omnibus. First story: Two friends remember their past, while unsuccessfully trying...

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Life Is a Mass Phenomenon

as Adio
Released: 1970-01-01

Two friends dream of what they will do when they become adults. One friend dreams of travelling...

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The Bet

as Vozač kamiona
Released: 1971-01-01

A young woman leaves her older husband, the owner of a village mill, for a truck driver whom she...

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Face to Face

as Andrija Mačkić
Released: 1963-07-14

One of the first movies who spoke of Yugoslav socio-political system with some criticism, set in...

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Kaya

as Crnokošuljaš
Released: 1967-07-11

An experimental film about peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns...

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The Pine Tree in the Mountain

as Dikan
Released: 1971-09-15

Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan...

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Zagrebians

as Roko Prč
Released: 1970-12-31

Luigi and Bepina, the stars of TV show "Our Little Town", pay visit to Zagreb.

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Martin in the Clouds

as Martin Barić
Released: 1961-03-25

Martin and his girlfriend Zorica are two students who live as subtenants in separate flats....

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Roko and Cicibela

as Roko
Released: 1978-01-01

A poor fisherman and his girlfriend live in a small boat under an open sky for decades. Based on...

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Man and Architecture

as Špiro
Released: 1977-11-27

The subject is the contrast between old and new Split. Journalist Duje lives in a new apartment...

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Fliers of the Open Skies

as Tomo
Released: 1977-06-21

Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.

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Trace into Infinity

as Himself
Released: 2018-01-01

Documentary about the life and work of Oliver Dragojević, famous Croatian singer.

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Visa for the Future

as Vinko Uskok
First aired: 2002-09-22

One of the first post-Independence Bosnian sitcoms. Production started on June 22, 2001 in...

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Journey to Vucjak

as Đula Boroš
First aired: 1986-09-28

With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his...

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Better Life

as Lujo Lukšić
First aired: 1987-01-10

Bolji život is a Yugoslav TV series with mixed elements of soap opera, comedy and drama that...

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The Big Town

as Meštar
First aired: 1980-12-07

This series, mostly humorous, yet epic in proportions, chronicles the city of Split in turbulent...

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The Bonfires of Kapela

as Dimnjacar
First aired: 1975-11-30

Based on an eponymous novel by Veljko Kovačević. the series is focused on historical events and...

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What Are We In This World...

as Marko Uvodic
First aired: 1973-10-07

The tragic characters of losers from the beginning of the 20th century are a precious record of...

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Our Little Town

as Roko Prc
First aired: 1970-02-22

A life in a small coastal town in Dalmatia, Croatia, seen through the prism of the local...

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Covik I po

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-10-13

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