Emir Kusturica

Emir Kusturica

Born: November 24, 1954
in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. 

Movies for Emir Kusturica...

Dule Savić and the Silence in London
Title: Dule Savić and the Silence in London
Character: Himself
Released: December 6, 2023
Type: Movie
The end of the match was being played when Dusan Savic ran onto the ball and sent it into Arsenal's goal with his left foot. For the silence at "Highbury" that the English had never recorded before. Over 40,000 people who came to the "Highbury" stadium had the opportunity to see the fearless Red Star and saw her off with well-deserved applause. The generation that took a huge step towards the first final of a European competition was led by coach Branko Stankovic, the famous "Ambassador".
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Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
Title: Srpska: The Struggle for Freedom
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 2022
Type: Movie
The history, culture and tradition of Serbs living West of the Drina river, from the times of medieval Bosnia to the 20th century and the formation of Republika Srpska, an internationally recognized entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Title: Scenes from the Life of BH Film
Character: Himself
Released: May 14, 2022
Type: Movie
The history of Bosnian cinematography over 75 years of existence.
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Buongiorno, tira il vento
Title: Buongiorno, tira il vento
Character: Self
Released: December 10, 2020
Type: Movie
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El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Title: El Pepe: A Supreme Life
Character: Self
Released: October 13, 2019
Type: Movie
A documentary on the life of Uruguayan politician and former guerrilla fighter José Mujica.
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Balkan Line
Title: Balkan Line
Character: Taxi driver
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, the Yugoslav army pulls out of Kosovo region, leaving Serbian people at the mercy of the Albanian UCK. A small band of soldiers must take over the Slatina airport, and hold it until the Russian peacekeepers arrive.
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Title: Untold Stories of Eastern Europe
Released: November 22, 2018
Type: TV
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CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Title: CzechMate: In Search of Jiří Menzel
Character: Self
Released: September 16, 2018
Type: Movie
An epic exploration of the Czechoslovak New Wave cinema of the 1960s and 70s, structured around a series of conversations with one of its most acclaimed exponents - Closely Observed Trains director Jiří Menzel.
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To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Title: To Make a Comedy Is No Fun
Character: Self
Released: October 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Documentary feature about Czech director Jiří Menzel, featuring Menzel himself as well as Miloš Forman, Emir Kusturica, István Szabó and others.
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On the Milky Road
Title: On the Milky Road
Character: Kosta
Released: February 3, 2016
Type: Movie
Spring in wartime. Each day a milkman crosses the frontline on a donkey, dodging bullets to bring his precious wares to the soldiers. Blessed with good fortune on his mission, loved by a beautiful villager, a peaceful future seems to await him… until the arrival of a mysterious Italian woman turns his life upside down. Thus begins a story of passionate, forbidden love that will plunge them both into a series of fantastic and dangerous adventures. They have been joined by fate, and nothing and no one seems able to stop them… Two-times Palme D'Or winner Emir Kusturica directs and stars in this story of love and war, rich in emotion, comedy and adventure.
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The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Title: The Legend of the Palme d'Or
Character: Self
Released: May 20, 2015
Type: Movie
From Martin Scorsese to Jane Campion, from Emir Kusturica to Quentin Tarantino, some of the greatest recipients of this trophy recall special moments relating to the award ceremony which closes the Cannes Film Festival. This film brings to light moving and personal stories, as surprising as they are varied, which all contribute to further enhancing the legend of the Palme d’Or.
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Words with Gods
Title: Words with Gods
Character: Monk (ep. "Our Life")
Released: November 20, 2014
Type: Movie
The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.
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The Ice Forest
Title: The Ice Forest
Character: Secondo
Released: October 23, 2014
Type: Movie
In the harsh snowy landscape of the Italian Alps, a young technician arrives to repair an electric power plant of a village plagued by blackouts. There, he encounters a strange disappearance.
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The Scapegoat
Title: The Scapegoat
Character: Stojil
Released: October 16, 2013
Type: Movie
There is something strange - some would even say abnormal - about the Malaussène family. But if you take a closer look, no one could be happier than this cheerfully chaotic family, even though their mother is usually off on one romantic adventure or another. Life is never a bore for Benjamin Malaussène, professional scapegoat and the older brother responsible for this horde of kids. But when incidents happen wherever he goes, police and colleagues begin to eye him suspiciously. It soon becomes a matter of life and death to find out what is going on and who is so interested in ruining his life. Written by Pathe International
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Who Is This Kusturica?
Title: Who Is This Kusturica?
Character: Himself
Released: August 23, 2013
Type: Movie
Emir Kusturica views himself as a rock musician and believes that he became a world-famous filmmaker by pure chance, as he shoots his movies only in between concert tours with the “No Smoking Orchestra” band. At these little pinpoints of time he gets “Palms d’Or” at Cannes, “Golden Lions” in Venice, builds his own villages, a power plant and a piste and regrets not becoming a professional football player. Kusturica’s own living is very much similar to his movies, where shoes are polished with cats, death is treated like a story from tabloid press, and life is a miracle...
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Balkan Spirit
Title: Balkan Spirit
Character: Himself - Director
Released: April 8, 2013
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".
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The Whirl
Title: The Whirl
Character: Bogdanov otac
Released: November 10, 2012
Type: Movie
Three childhood friends from Belgrade, Serbia, whose destinies change as they become adults during the wartime 1990s.
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Walter
Title: Walter
Character: Himself
Released: November 4, 2012
Type: Movie
In 1945 the forgotten Serbian World War II Hero Walter got killed while defending the occupied city of Sarajevo. In 1972 the actor Velimir Bata Zivojinovic changed the history of China portraying Walter in a Yugoslav partisan movie. More than a billion people saw that film until today. Myth. Legend.
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7 Days in Havana
Title: 7 Days in Havana
Character: Actor (segment "Jam Session")
Released: April 5, 2012
Type: Movie
A young American boy is trying to break into the acting business, and goes to Cuba during a film festival.
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Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Title: Kusturica - Balkan's Bad Boy
Character: Himself
Released: March 1, 2012
Type: Movie
A film director, an actor, a musician, an organizer of festivals, a husband, a father, a grand-father, a friend, a professor... This film is an unexpected meeting with one of the most fascinating European film directors: Emir Kusturica. This is a journey to memory and forgetfulness. Beyond success, money, dependencies and pride. A deeper look into the world of Kusturica and his Wooden city at Mokra Gora. A tale about the won battles, as well as the lost ones. About the everlasting curiosity in filmmaking.
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Nicostratos the Pelican
Title: Nicostratos the Pelican
Character: Démosthène
Released: June 29, 2011
Type: Movie
After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has no meaning for him. One day his son finds a baby pelican and decides to leave the bird at home. Pelican helps the boy find his father again and revive him back to life ...
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Farewell
Title: Farewell
Character: Sergei Grigoriev
Released: September 23, 2009
Type: Movie
An intricate thriller about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Right after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. A French businessman based in Moscow, Pierre Froment, makes an unlikely connection with Grigoriev, a senior KGB officer disenchanted with what the Communist ideal has become under Brezhnev. Grigoriev begins passing Froment highly sensitive information about the Soviet spy network in the US.
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Maradona by Kusturica
Title: Maradona by Kusturica
Character: Self
Released: May 28, 2008
Type: Movie
A documentary on Argentinean soccer star Diego Maradona, regarded by many as the world's greatest modern player.
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Secret Journey
Title: Secret Journey
Character: Harold
Released: October 20, 2006
Type: Movie
After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with challenges of their adult lives.
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Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
Title: Emir Kusturica and the No Smoking Orchestra - Live is a Miracle in Buenos Aires
Character: Himself
Released: March 3, 2005
Type: Movie
It is a live record of a show of this band in one of their first presentations in Argentina. All done with the ease and artistic self-confidence that the Serbian film director has. With that gypsy music of the Balkans plus some rock, they capture here with a lot of energy and humor an almost circus show. Recorded March 3, 2005 at the Luna Park Stadium in Buenos Aires.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Character: Self
Released: May 25, 2003
Type: Movie
This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004.
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The Good Thief
Title: The Good Thief
Character: Vladimir
Released: April 3, 2003
Type: Movie
An aging gambler on a losing streak attempts to rob a casino in Monte Carlo. But someone's already tipped off the cops before he even makes a move.
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Strawberry in the Supermarket
Title: Strawberry in the Supermarket
Character: General
Released: February 6, 2003
Type: Movie
An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted his grandmother.
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Super 8 Stories
Title: Super 8 Stories
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 2001
Type: Movie
A documentary about the band "No Smoking Orchestra".
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The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Title: The Widow of Saint-Pierre
Character: Joseph Auguste Néel
Released: April 19, 2000
Type: Movie
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
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Emir Kusturica
Title: Emir Kusturica
Character: Himself
Released: March 12, 2000
Type: Movie
A profile of the controversial Yugoslavian director.
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Title: Vivement dimanche
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1998
Type: TV
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Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Title: Shooting Days: Emir Kusturica Directs Underground
Character: Himself
Released: November 30, 1996
Type: Movie
While his country Yugoslavia gradually turns into a battlefield, director Emir Kusturica guides his film crew to overcome this reality. A new world, which carries the signs of the old, comes to life.
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Underground
Title: Underground
Character: Švercer oružja
Released: May 13, 1995
Type: Movie
A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.
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Title: The Guldbagge Awards
Character: Self - Best Foreign Language Film winner
Released: October 30, 1981
Type: TV
The Guldbagge Awards is an official and annual Swedish film awards ceremony honoring achievements in the Swedish film industry. Winners are awarded a statuette depicting a rose chafer, better known by the name Guldbaggen. The awards, first presented in 1964 at the Grand Hôtel in Stockholm, are overseen by the Swedish Film Institute. It is described as the Swedish equivalent of the Academy Awards. The awards ceremony was first televised in 1981.
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Walter Defends Sarajevo
Title: Walter Defends Sarajevo
Character: Omladinac
Released: April 12, 1972
Type: Movie
Sarajevo 1944. The German armies desperately need fuel in the retreat. Walter, the enigmatic and charismatic leader of the resistance movement, can endanger their supplies. The Germans are taking a cunning plan to remove that obstacle.