Branko Pleša
Acting
Biography
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Born: March 6, 1926
Place of Birth: Kiseljak, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia
Known For
The Oppenheimer Case
During World War II, the American physicist Robert Oppenheimer was at the head of the research work for the production of the atomic bomb. He was removed from that position in 1953 due to disagreements with the US Atomic Commission regarding the development of the hydrogen bomb. The investigation that was conducted against him during the infamous time of anti-communist hysteria and the "witch hunt" during the time of Senator McCarthy is testimony to the great moral and psychological dilemma in which the scientists of that era found themselves.
Meeting Place
During the excavation of ancient Roman ruins, an old archaeology professor accidentally opens the gate between our world and the world of the dead.
March on the River Drina
A Serbian artillery battery of the Combined Division makes a forced march to the Cer Mountain in western Serbia to meet Austro-Hungarian troops, who have invaded the country by crossing over the Drina River. A chronicle of the Battle of Cer; a landmark battle of World War I and the first Allied victory over the Central Powers.
The Song from Kumbara
Story of the revolt of the people of Serbia against the Turks, who ruled the country for four centuries. The battle and the fall of the fortress of Belgrade in 1806.
The False Tsar
A historical film based on the struggle of the Montenegrins for their independence.
Indian Summer
Two married couples cruise from town to town along the Adriatic coast. While men are occupied with booze and sea, their wives are more interested in the young "skipper", who seems to be a virgin. Frivolous flirting evolves into drama when one of the wives and the skipper start feeling something that appears to be love.
Witness Out of Hell
Leah Weiss, a Polish Jew, was first forced into prostitution at Auschwitz. Afterwards, she was victimized in medical experiments. Now, twenty years later, German war crimes prosecutors hope she will be their star witness. But can she stand up to the shame, the publicity, and the reliving of those experiences?
Lilika
A story about young orphan girl who was rejected by her mother.
The Battle of the Eagles
The first Yugoslav Partisan air force unit. Loosely based on historical facts.
Square of Violence
Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944. Crawford plays here a doctor whose son has been shot by the Germans. Of course he has no more taste in life. He continues his work as a German officers' physician. One day, he throws a bomb just in the middle of German troops. Many soldiers and officers are killed. Some time later, the lead officer of the Nazis troops suspects the doctor to be the responsible of the explosion. He lets him know that he himself knows...
Filmography
as Doktor Katić
as Ministar inostranih poslova
as Von Norden
as Stojan Novaković, ministar prosvete
as Ministar Leo Drinić
as Lovac
as Gen. Steiger
as Kadija
as Lekar u azilu
as Predsednik suda dr. Binger
as Lt. Vishinsky
as Savetnik
as Robert Oppenheimer
as Michel
as Italijanski doktor
as Mladen Stojanović
as Marko
as Col. Hassler / Pukovnik Hasler
as Bora Petrović (voice)
as Rade
as Pukovnik Zdravko Lukić
as Njemački oficir
as Major Kohler
as (segment "Povratak")
as Student
as Pavle Ugrinović, islednik policije
as Aleksa Dundić
as Ranjenik na nosilima I
as Stole
as Beogradski paša
as Pavle
as Jovan Ristić