
Đorđe Balašević
Acting
Biography
Đorđe Balašević was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitioning after two albums to a solo career.
Known For

More or less happy adventures of a Yugoslav People's Army unit, a friendly batch that couldn't be more ethnically diverse.
Soldiers

"Priest Ćira and Priest Spira" is a Yugoslavian television mini-series from 1983 based on Stevan Sremac's story of the same name. It's a humorous adaptation directed by Soja Jovanović, who also made an earlier film version in 1957. The story revolves around the rivalry between two village priests when a young teacher is set to marry the daughter of only one of them.
Priests Ćira and Spira

A group of young men from different ethnic and social backgrounds are conscripted and must serve one year in the former Yugoslav army.
Soldiers
Dramatization of a story of Vasa Ladački, inspired by the famous Balašević song. The story of a man who didn't have the courage to stand for the one he loved.
An Early Frost

This documentary interviews the singer Djordje Balasevic, his fans and some ex-Yugoslav celebrities before his concert of in Pula Arena on June 6, 2001.
At the Station in Pula

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.
Mammoth Bone

Praslovan is a feature-length documentary film about the 40-year long career of musician Zoran Predin. It revolves around the hidden stories from Zoran's life and work. Some are fun, others very personal, as well as sad or even tragic. Because Zoran's nature is mischievous, so is the documentary.
Proto-Slav

20 years after the concert that marked the first performance of a Serbian artist in post-war Bosnia, Đorđe Balašević returned to Sarajevo. With new songs and unforgettable memories. An emotional two-night performance opened the question – how much has changed in the previous two decades?
Wars Go by, Humans Stay
A documentary that shows a paralyzed man who, despite massive physical limitations, is able to perform his work as a guardian of the village's flock of sheep.