Emir Kusturica

Born: 1954-11-24

Emir Nemanja Kusturica is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films. He is a two-time winner of the Palme d'Or at Cannes (for When Father Was Away on Business and Underground), as well as being a Commander of the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Since the mid-2000s, Kusturica's primary residence is Drvengrad, a village in the Mokra Gora region of Serbia. He had portions of the historic village reconstructed for his film Life Is a Miracle. 


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Balkan Line

as Taxi driver
Released: 2019-03-21

After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region,...

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Underground

as Švercer oružja
Released: 1995-05-13

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties,...

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7 Days in Havana

as Actor (segment "Jam Session")
Released: 2012-04-05

A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film...

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The Good Thief

as Vladimir
Released: 2003-04-03

An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's...

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On the Milky Road

as Kosta
Released: 2016-02-03

Spring in wartime. Each day a milkman crosses the frontline on a donkey, dodging bullets to...

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Balkan Spirit

as Himself - Director
Released: 2013-04-08

Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the...

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Farewell

as Sergei Grigoriev
Released: 2009-09-23

An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information...

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Words with Gods

as Monk (ep. "Our Life")
Released: 2014-11-20

The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film...

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Maradona by Kusturica

as Self
Released: 2008-05-28

A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's...

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The Scapegoat

as Stojil
Released: 2013-10-16

There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if...

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The Widow of Saint-Pierre

as Joseph Auguste Néel
Released: 2000-04-19

In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two...

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Nicostratos the Pelican

as Démosthène
Released: 2011-06-29

After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has...

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El Pepe: A Supreme Life

as Self
Released: 2019-10-13

A documentary on the life of Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter José Mujica.

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Strawberry in the Supermarket

as General
Released: 2003-02-06

An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them...

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The Ice Forest

as Secondo
Released: 2014-10-23

In the harsh snowy landscape of the Italian Alps, a young technician arrives to repair an...

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Walter Defends Sarajevo

as Omladinac
Released: 1972-04-12

Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and...

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Walter

as Himself
Released: 2012-11-04

In 1945 the forgotten Serbian World War II Hero Walter got killed while defending the occupied...

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Secret Journey

as Harold
Released: 2006-10-20

After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with...

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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel

as Self
Released: 2018-09-16

An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around...

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The Whirl

as Bogdanov otac
Released: 2012-11-10

Three childhood friends from Belgrade, Serbia, whose destinies change as they become adults...

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Super 8 Stories

as Self
Released: 2001-10-10

A documentary about the band "No Smoking Orchestra".

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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun

as Self
Released: 2016-10-05

Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš...

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Dule Savić and the Silence in London

as Himself
Released: 2023-12-06

The end of the match was being played when Dusan Savic ran onto the ball and sent it into...

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The Legend of the Palme d'Or

as Self
Released: 2015-05-20

From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the...

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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy

as Himself
Released: 2012-03-01

A film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a...

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Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires

as Himself
Released: 2005-03-03

It is a live record of a show of this band in one of their first presentations in Argentina. All...

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Scenes from the Life of BH Film

as Himself
Released: 2022-05-14

The history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence.

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Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground

as Himself
Released: 1996-11-30

While his country Yugoslavia gradually turns into a battlefield, director Emir Kusturica guides...

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Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'

as Self
Released: 2003-05-25

This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus,"...

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Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom

as Self
Released: 2022-10-01

The history, culture and tradition of Serbs living West of the Drina river, from the times of...

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Vivement dimanche

as Self
First aired: 1998-09-20

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Untold Stories of Eastern Europe

as uncredited
First aired: 2018-11-22

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