Ivan Bekjarev

Ivan Bekjarev is a Serbian theatre and movie actor. The first role played on film in 1967. year, in "Boxers Go To Heaven" (Serb: "Bokseri Idu U Raj"), where the leading role was Mija Aleksic. Gained fame as Vujkovic role in the TV series "Banjica" (1984) and Stevice Kurcubić in the TV series "Better Life" (1987, 1990) ("Bolji Život"). For many years Bekjarev is  a professor of the BK Academy of Arts , where in 2001. elected to the position of Associate and 2006. full professor.

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Out of Step (1968)

A disabled man takes on the system when his pension is tied up in a morass of red tape. His story is revealed on a television program, and the star of the show is admonished for trying to incite the public against the system. The media, the man and the television ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milenko Štrbac
CAST:  Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić  •  Gizela Vuković  •  Dušan Janićijević  •  Gojko Šantić

A disabled man takes on the system when his pension is tied up in a morass of red tape. His story is revealed on a television program, and the star of the show is admonished for trying to incite the public against the system. The media, the man and the television ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milenko Štrbac
CAST:  Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić  •  Gizela Vuković  •  Dušan Janićijević  •  Gojko Šantić

Mammoth Bone (1979)

The vagrants of a 15-year-old school dropout who's torn between jobs that do not suit him, and dreams of having music career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slobodan Šijan
CAST:  Slavko Štimac  •  Danilo 'Bata' Stojković  •  Đorđe Balašević  •  Ivan Bekjarev

The vagrants of a 15-year-old school dropout who's torn between jobs that do not suit him, and dreams of having music career.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slobodan Šijan
CAST:  Slavko Štimac  •  Danilo 'Bata' Stojković  •  Đorđe Balašević  •  Ivan Bekjarev

Volunteers (1986)

In this amusing antiwar comedy, seven inept and reluctant soldiers land on a desert island to carry on with the fighting. Just after their parachutes have collapsed behind them on the beach, helicopters approach and land nearby. Out pops a bevy of beautiful women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Predrag Golubović
CAST:  Velimir Živojinović  •  Ljubiša Samardžić  •  Mustafa Nadarević  •  Boro Begović

In this amusing antiwar comedy, seven inept and reluctant soldiers land on a desert island to carry on with the fighting. Just after their parachutes have collapsed behind them on the beach, helicopters approach and land nearby. Out pops a bevy of beautiful women ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Predrag Golubović
CAST:  Velimir Živojinović  •  Ljubiša Samardžić  •  Mustafa Nadarević  •  Boro Begović

The Secret of Family Treasure (2000)

Tihomir Stojkovic suspects that there's a hidden treasure in the property of his neighbors. Since this piece of land belongs to a man who has unmarried daughter, Tihomir persuades his friend Djosa to marry her so they could get in possession of that jar full of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandar Đorđević
CAST:  Aleksandar Berček  •  Predrag Smiljković  •  Bogoljub Mitić 'Đoša'  •  Mihailo 'Miša' Janketić

Tihomir Stojkovic suspects that there's a hidden treasure in the property of his neighbors. Since this piece of land belongs to a man who has unmarried daughter, Tihomir persuades his friend Djosa to marry her so they could get in possession of that jar full of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Aleksandar Đorđević
CAST:  Aleksandar Berček  •  Predrag Smiljković  •  Bogoljub Mitić 'Đoša'  •  Mihailo 'Miša' Janketić

Flashback (1997)

A boxer tries to recover from the memories he brought back from war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordana Boškov
CAST:  Nebojša Dugalić  •  Tanja Bošković  •  Ivan Bekjarev  •  Danica Maksimović

A boxer tries to recover from the memories he brought back from war.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordana Boškov
CAST:  Nebojša Dugalić  •  Tanja Bošković  •  Ivan Bekjarev  •  Danica Maksimović

Poor Little Hampsters (2003)

Two idle clerks who do senseless office job of punching cards, and who are not particularly fond of each other, decide to play the game "come up with the most stupid line possible" in order to break the boredom. Then they call random people over the phone and tell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slobodan Šijan
CAST:  Boro Stjepanović  •  Petar Božović  •  Vojislav Brajović  •  Nikola Simić

Two idle clerks who do senseless office job of punching cards, and who are not particularly fond of each other, decide to play the game "come up with the most stupid line possible" in order to break the boredom. Then they call random people over the phone and tell ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Slobodan Šijan
CAST:  Boro Stjepanović  •  Petar Božović  •  Vojislav Brajović  •  Nikola Simić

Love Stars (2005)

"Love Stars" is a film about loneliness, growing up and search for love. Laza is a romantic 20 year-old, who after being isolated a long time, comes to the city. There he gets to know a group of young voyeurs, led by a 50 year-old, with classy attitude and manners ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milan Spasić
CAST:  Saša Joksimović  •  Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić  •  Ivan Bekjarev  •  Vojin Ćetković

"Love Stars" is a film about loneliness, growing up and search for love. Laza is a romantic 20 year-old, who after being isolated a long time, comes to the city. There he gets to know a group of young voyeurs, led by a 50 year-old, with classy attitude and manners ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Milan Spasić
CAST:  Saša Joksimović  •  Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić  •  Ivan Bekjarev  •  Vojin Ćetković

Women in Prison (1985)

After graduation, a young woman gets his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story follows her struggle to survive in a small town with her small child, alcohol addiction, and the battle with the prisoners and prison brutality and other schemers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordana Boškov
CAST:  Dara Džokić  •  Velimir Živojinović  •  Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić  •  Zlata Numanagić

After graduation, a young woman gets his first job in the women's prison in the province. The story follows her struggle to survive in a small town with her small child, alcohol addiction, and the battle with the prisoners and prison brutality and other schemers ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gordana Boškov
CAST:  Dara Džokić  •  Velimir Živojinović  •  Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić  •  Zlata Numanagić

Life Is Beautiful (1985)

After a train breaks down and the passengers are forced to spend a day at a remote country tavern, the mix of seasonal farm workers, transients, musicians, and would-be party kingpins heads toward some explosive moments. A truckload of chickens arrive to be killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boro Drašković
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić  •  Sonja Savić  •  Pavle Vuisić

After a train breaks down and the passengers are forced to spend a day at a remote country tavern, the mix of seasonal farm workers, transients, musicians, and would-be party kingpins heads toward some explosive moments. A truckload of chickens arrive to be killed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Boro Drašković
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić  •  Sonja Savić  •  Pavle Vuisić

Hotshot (1986)

A story of a young man from the suburb, who gets his experience on the street and in bars. His girlfriend belongs to the same environment. When he goes to army, she tries to get away, giving the only thing she has - her good looks. She poses nude for some magazine. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Amar
CAST:  Žarko Laušević  •  Dragan Maksimović  •  Ratko Tankosić  •  Petar Ilić 'Ćirilo'

A story of a young man from the suburb, who gets his experience on the street and in bars. His girlfriend belongs to the same environment. When he goes to army, she tries to get away, giving the only thing she has - her good looks. She poses nude for some magazine. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Amar
CAST:  Žarko Laušević  •  Dragan Maksimović  •  Ratko Tankosić  •  Petar Ilić 'Ćirilo'

See You in Chicago (1996)

In this spoof of gangster and crime films, two veteran detectives get involved in mafia world. One of them is hired by a kingpin to follow his wife who seems suspicious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Čalić
CAST:  Velimir Živojinović  •  Nikola Simić  •  Lidija Vukićević  •  Ivan Bekjarev

In this spoof of gangster and crime films, two veteran detectives get involved in mafia world. One of them is hired by a kingpin to follow his wife who seems suspicious.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Čalić
CAST:  Velimir Živojinović  •  Nikola Simić  •  Lidija Vukićević  •  Ivan Bekjarev

Let's Make Love 3 (1990)

Wealthy guy from Australia travels to his birthplace in Bosnia so he'd make a giant wedding with Yugoslavia's biggest star Lepa Brena. Although it's a Brena doppelganger, media rush to publish the story so Lepa Brena must run across the country to stop the false ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanko Crnobrnja
CAST:  Lepa Brena  •  Lazar Ristovski  •  Emir Hadžihafizbegović  •  Dragan Bjelogrlić

Wealthy guy from Australia travels to his birthplace in Bosnia so he'd make a giant wedding with Yugoslavia's biggest star Lepa Brena. Although it's a Brena doppelganger, media rush to publish the story so Lepa Brena must run across the country to stop the false ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanko Crnobrnja
CAST:  Lepa Brena  •  Lazar Ristovski  •  Emir Hadžihafizbegović  •  Dragan Bjelogrlić

The Red and the Black (1985)

This film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic in 1921. When Italy annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new government. Domestic Croatian and Slovene population were disappointed by the method of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miroslav Mikuljan
CAST:  Bekim Fehmiu  •  Milan Štrljić  •  Olivera Ježina  •  Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

This film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic in 1921. When Italy annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new government. Domestic Croatian and Slovene population were disappointed by the method of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miroslav Mikuljan
CAST:  Bekim Fehmiu  •  Milan Štrljić  •  Olivera Ježina  •  Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

The Optimists (2006)

Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Lazar Ristovski  •  Bojana Novaković  •  Petar Božović  •  Tihomir Arsić

Five scenarios in which people have trouble distinguishing truth from illusions. Each segment reflects the motto of Voltaire's Candide: "Optimism is insisting everything is good, when everything is bad."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Lazar Ristovski  •  Bojana Novaković  •  Petar Božović  •  Tihomir Arsić

Honeymoons (2009)

'Honeymoons' shows us that the distance between Eastern and Western Europe is more than a question of kilometers. The films follows two couples, one is Albania, one in Serbia, who in the midst of wedding celebrations decide to leave their respective countries to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Nebojša Milovanović  •  Jelena Trkulja  •  Jozef Shiroka  •  Lazar Ristovski

'Honeymoons' shows us that the distance between Eastern and Western Europe is more than a question of kilometers. The films follows two couples, one is Albania, one in Serbia, who in the midst of wedding celebrations decide to leave their respective countries to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Nebojša Milovanović  •  Jelena Trkulja  •  Jozef Shiroka  •  Lazar Ristovski

Battle of Kosovo (1989)

In 1389, the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanović refused to submit to the Turkish Sultan Murat, who was invading Serbia with a large army, in order to continue conquering Europe through it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdravko Šotra
CAST:  Gorica Popović  •  Vojislav Brajović  •  Žarko Laušević  •  Ljuba Tadić

In 1389, the Serbian prince Lazar Hrebeljanović refused to submit to the Turkish Sultan Murat, who was invading Serbia with a large army, in order to continue conquering Europe through it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zdravko Šotra
CAST:  Gorica Popović  •  Vojislav Brajović  •  Žarko Laušević  •  Ljuba Tadić

Happy New '49 (1986)

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stole Popov
CAST:  Petre Arsovski  •  Dušan Kostovski  •  Aco Gjorčev  •  Vladislava Milosavljević

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stole Popov
CAST:  Petre Arsovski  •  Dušan Kostovski  •  Aco Gjorčev  •  Vladislava Milosavljević

Cabaret Balkan (1998)

20 people's paths crisscross one night in violent mid-'90s Belgrade.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Ivan Bekjarev  •  Vojislav Brajović  •  Mira Banjac  •  Aleksandar Berček

20 people's paths crisscross one night in violent mid-'90s Belgrade.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Goran Paskaljević
CAST:  Ivan Bekjarev  •  Vojislav Brajović  •  Mira Banjac  •  Aleksandar Berček

And God Created a Tavern Singer (1972)

An electro-technician falls in love with a bar singer, but her job environment, full of alcohol, despair and tired truck drivers, causes nothing but troubles for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jovan Živanović
CAST:  Vera Čukić  •  Velimir Živojinović  •  Pavle Vuisić  •  Živojin 'Žika' Milenković

An electro-technician falls in love with a bar singer, but her job environment, full of alcohol, despair and tired truck drivers, causes nothing but troubles for him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jovan Živanović
CAST:  Vera Čukić  •  Velimir Živojinović  •  Pavle Vuisić  •  Živojin 'Žika' Milenković

Boxers Go to Heaven (1967)

Tragicomic story about a former boxing champion, unbeaten in the ring, but beaten by alcohol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Branko Ćelović
CAST:  Milosav 'Mija' Aleksić  •  Ljubiša Samardžić  •  Ružica Sokić  •  Ivan Bekjarev

Tragicomic story about a former boxing champion, unbeaten in the ring, but beaten by alcohol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Branko Ćelović
CAST:  Milosav 'Mija' Aleksić  •  Ljubiša Samardžić  •  Ružica Sokić  •  Ivan Bekjarev
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