
Živko Nikolić
Directing
Biography
Živko Nikolić was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin film director. He is known for The Beauty of Vice (1986), Beasts (1977) and Unseen Wonder (1984) which won the Silver Prize at the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
Known For

In the mountains of Montenegro people have lived by strict and Draconian laws for centuries, almost untouched by modern civilization. However, a young couple are going to seek their fortune on the more liberal coast and there they find jobs in the nudist colony. Hundreds of naked bodies and atmosphere of joie d'vivre make the husband and wife question their rigid way of life.
The Beauty of Vice

The comic adventures of a Montenegrin family that live in an isolated village high in the mountains, eternally waiting for their son to come back from his studies in Munich.
Djekna Hasn't Died Yet, and We Don't Know When Will She

A pretty girl arrives on a small island on a dark and stormy night. She becomes an excuse for the turbulence and evil that occurs when one man forgets his dignity and becomes a beast.
Beasts

Two themes arise from the story, themes that are interlocked: the theme of love and of man's eternal submission to traditional symbols. The director Živko Nikolić continues his movie saga of human nature. Both themes develop the mythical idea of temptation. It is basic human relation: from the intimate to the families' vying with each other.
Tempting the Devil

The peace of a small fishing village is shattered by the coming of a young, and stunningly beautiful, wife of a local guest-worker. She intends to live in her father's house, which in the mean-time became a pub. From that moment her revenge begins, toying with to people, their passions and interests.
Unseen Wonder

The last unfinished film by Živko Nikolić. This is "a movie about a movie" which Živko could not finish because of the lack of funds.
Živko Nikolić - Unfulfilled Dream
In search for the better life, three peasants Radovan, Jeremija and Gaša leave for a big city. Despite their expectations, there are many trials and temptations. Radovan manages to fit in by going to the evening school. The oldest of them, Jeremija, goes back to the village, while Gaša, after unreturned love, leaves to look for happiness somewhere else.
To Come and Stay

Traveling salesman in a small town before WW2 makes a solemn promise to kill himself. Later he finds that the local people took him very seriously.
The Death of Mr Goluza

A young married couple live alone in the Montenegrian mountains and work hard to make ends meet. Their ordinary life is interrupted by various different characters who pass by their home, and serve as a temptation, both carnal and spiritual, which threatens to corrupt the woman's innocent soul. Each new visitor is a threat of sorts and gradually she becomes suspicious towards the world and the unknown.
Luka's Jovana

About a woman waiting for her sailor husband, and when he returns, "she continues to wait". It's a story of transience, and the deeper meaning of happiness. It's about all that's beautiful in this transient world.
Ann, a Seaman's Wife

Zivko Nikolic portrays a Montenegrin village in the post-epic period, while at the same time presenting the sad reality in the form of poor, unfortunate and mentally handicapped people, whom the epics circumvents.
The Gorge

A simple metaphor for life - a donkey toiling away at a mill.
Vamp

In an industrial town one business firm stands out with good management. Thanks to the agile director Todor, his successful policy of "World breakthrough" the whole town look forward to progress and incredibly quick prosperity in 1966. The director's driver Milutin is the center of absurdly dramatic relations in which base manipulation dominates. His lonely, consequent, and reasonable admiration for Todor, his honesty and goodwill bring him into situations to which he can't and won't adapt to, nor will he quit...
In the Name of the People

A man with a missing eye witnesses, or imagines, others entering and/or leaving the rocky rubble he inhibits.
Marko Perov

A powerful ironic work of the society in which a hydro-central is erected in an area where there is no water.
A Stamp

A rural community in the mountains. A story about death.
The Attendant

Psychological documentary portrait of a village woman who's about to have an abortion. The story is conveyed in an expressionistic manner with ritualistic undertones.
The Boogeyman

Documentary where the protagonist takes a melancholic walk in the city before coming back home to his family.
Others

Claustrophobic portrait of a docile rural wife's daily routine.
Window

Documentary about poor people making ends meet in a slum on the town's outskirts.