
Boris Dvornik
Boris Dvornik was born to the family of a carpenter. His acting experience started at the age of 8 when he took parts in plays for children. In his high school days he was learning to be electrician, but soon decided to pursue full-time acting career instead. After finishing National Acting School in Novi Sad he enrolled in Drama Academy in Zagreb. While on the first academic year, he began his movie career in Deveti krug (1960). His film debut was instant success, and in his second movie, Martin u oblacima (1961), he proved his abilities in comic roles. Dvornik soon became on of the movie icons of former Yugoslavia, together with 'Bata Zivojinovic', Milena Dravic and Ljubisa Samardzic. However, the zenith of popularity was reached by his role in humorous cult series "Malo misto" (mini) and some other light pieces that followed in the 1970s. However, although still being one of the most prolific actors in history of former Yugoslav and Croatian cinema and TV, Boris Dvornik in 1980s mostly used to work in the Croatian National Theatre in Split. In 1992, due to the friendship with Antun Vrdoljak, he flirted with politics for a couple of months. Dvornik is married, has a daughter and four granchildren, while two of his sons - Dean Dvornik and 'Dino Dvornik', who used to cameo as children in his movies - are now major pop stars in Croatia.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 2.254 |
Birthday | 1939-04-16 |
Place of Birth | Split, Croatia |
Also Known As | Борис Дворник, |

1970

Zagrebians
0/0
Luigi and Bepina, the stars of TV show "Our Little Town", pay visit to Zagreb.
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Zagrebians

1965

Man Is Not a Bird
6.1/19
A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.
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Man Is Not a Bird

1972

Traces of a Black Haired Girl
5.7/6
A railway worker moves to another city and experiences a love affair with a suburban prostitute. Their encounter disturbs his solitude, and the two be...
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Traces of a Black Haired Girl

1970

Pero the Lump's Gang
7.1/16
A group of village boys found a gang under the leadership of the most intelligent amongst them - Pero the Lump. They decide to renovate an old and aba...
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Pero the Lump's Gang

1969

The Battle of Neretva
6.7/46
In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia....
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The Battle of Neretva

2004

Long Dark Night
6.4/5
"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan figh...
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Long Dark Night

2001

The Last Will
4.4/8
After the death of a wealthy Croatian emigrant, it is discovered that he left his fortune to an unknown, illegitimate relative back in Croatia.
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The Last Will

2018

Trace into Infinity
0/0
Documentary about the life and work of Oliver Dragojević, famous Croatian singer.
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Trace into Infinity

1982

Cervantes from the Small Town
5.4/6
'Malo Misto' lives its own life, but not far behind the times. Hotel manager Roko Prč strives to organise tourism, so he introduces the first nudist b...
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Cervantes from the Small Town

1962

Superfluous
5.9/6
Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and infatuated with her, he leaves the peasant brigade and Malena,...
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Superfluous

1982

My Part-Time Dad
6/5
The new misadventures of single mother Svetlana, her 12 year old son and (still) part-time worker Siniša. Siniša's plans to marry Svetlana are ruined...
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My Part-Time Dad

1963

Face to Face
6.3/3
One of the first movies who spoke of Yugoslav socio-political system with some criticism, set in a company. On the routine workers' council meeting a...
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Face to Face

1961

Martin in the Clouds
6.3/3
Martin and his girlfriend Zorica are two students who live as subtenants in separate flats. Since that situation has devastating effect on their love...
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Martin in the Clouds

1974

The Dervish and Death
5.9/4
Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief,...
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The Dervish and Death

1969

The Bridge
7/16
In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being h...
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The Bridge

1967

Kaya
7.167/6
An experimental film about peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the Eve of Italian occupatio...
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Kaya

1975

Hitler from Our Street
6.3/3
Before and during WW II and the German occupation of Serbia, in a village in Vojvodina, inhabitants are separated based on their nationality. Local Vo...
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Hitler from Our Street

1971

The Bet
4.2/4
A young woman leaves her older husband, the owner of a village mill, for a truck driver whom she met while he was in their village by business. While...
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The Bet

1978

Roko and Cicibela
6.7/6
A poor fisherman and his girlfriend live in a small boat under an open sky for decades. Based on a true story.
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Roko and Cicibela

1962

The Shadow of Glory
5/3
An ex-motorcycle racing champion who gave up the sport after a serious crash meets a charming girl who came to watch one of the races. A new romance b...
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The Shadow of Glory

1977

Man and Architecture
0/0
The subject is the contrast between old and new Split. Journalist Duje lives in a new apartment in a large green skyscraper, but his heart is drawn to...
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Man and Architecture

1963

Countrymen
6.5/4
A girl from passive area comes to work in Vojvodina's fertile lowlands, along with a group of peasants for a seasonal work. After visiting a city near...
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Countrymen

1987

Wartime
0/0
Somewhere in Eastern Europe during WW II. The Nazis have captured a Swedish scientist, whom they want to create weapons of mass-destruction for them,...
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Wartime

1998

Transatlantic
5.5/1
A young man flees to the United States searching for the American dream.
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Transatlantic

1972

The Suburb
0/0
One summer afternoon, three old desperadoes violently shatter a pure and innocent love.
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The Suburb

1964

The Sunrise
7/3
Having learned of the love affair between his wife and his colleague, a train driver finds himself in a dilemma: only one move is enough to kill his o...
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The Sunrise

1980

Times, Waters
7/3
A Macedonian village has always struggled to find ways to bring water to its arid land - a struggle that may be won when a native son returns from Ame...
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Times, Waters

1982

Cyclops
5.6/8
Melkior Tresic is one of many intellectuals in 1941 Zagreb who is helplessly waiting for the encroaching war.
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Cyclops

1983

Heads or Tails
3.5/2
A village fella tries to make it big in the city.
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Heads or Tails

1969

When You Hear the Bells
5/3
Partizan commisar, a Communist intellectual from Zagreb, must bring the group of Serb partizans in line.
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When You Hear the Bells

1998

The Canyon of Dangerous Games
5.8/4
A German family Keller arrives to the coastal village to spend summer holidays with their Croatian friends. Horst Keller and Roger Katushic were frien...
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The Canyon of Dangerous Games

1978

Wolf Hunters of Upper and Lower Polacha
7/3
Two groups of men from neighboring villages get into a clash after both of them shot one wolf for the upcoming local festivity called "vucarenje" (wol...
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Wolf Hunters of Upper and Lower Polacha

1973

To Live on Love
6/4
A story about a couple whose problems start when she takes a job as a teacher in order to financially support his education.
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To Live on Love

1972

The Deer Hunt
7.2/4
I. S. returns after many years to his hometown, from which he escaped after WW II, fearing that, as a civil clerk of the NDH, could suffer prosecution...
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The Deer Hunt

1965

Man of the World
5.5/4
A young womanizer from the Dalmatian coastal town goes to Germany hoping to get easy money.
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Man of the World

1964

Mad Summer
5.2/4
A summer in the life of tourist-seducing boys.
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Mad Summer

1984

The Secret of an Old Attic
5.7/11
During a summer holiday, two boys discover an anti-gravity cannon in an old attic.
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The Secret of an Old Attic

1969

An Event
6.333/6
A grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner, Matijevic, follow them as they return home in order to...
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An Event

1963

Double Circle
5/3
Treachery and escape from agents provocateurs of underground workers among the early days of national rising in Croatia.
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Double Circle

1969

Love and Sometimes a Curse
7/1
Dalmatia in the 1930s. Mate Pivac, a policeman and father of eight, finds out that the King himself becomes godfather to every ninth children in the c...
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Love and Sometimes a Curse

1960

The Ninth Circle
6.7/10
In order to save a friend's daughter, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, from the Ustashas, the Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their son Ivo.
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The Ninth Circle

1973

The Battle of Sutjeska
6.3/22
The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the e...
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The Battle of Sutjeska

1985

From One Friday to the Next
6/1
Friday is the day that everyone goes away for the weekend. A bank clerk spends his weekend off a small island with his boat, but the weekend does not...
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From One Friday to the Next

1974

Red Blow
5.8/4
At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and un...
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Red Blow

1978

Occupation in 26 Pictures
6.1/9
Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, anot...
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Occupation in 26 Pictures

1971

The Pine Tree in the Mountain
6.8/6
Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their lea...
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The Pine Tree in the Mountain

1987

Tight Skin 2
5.3/9
At 56 years of age Mita Pantić (Nikola Simić) is still only a junior clerk in his company. Another typical workday for him is starting at 6 a.m. as fr...
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Tight Skin 2

1988

Spy In High Heels
5/3
A lady manager of newly formed record house places his administrator, disguised as a cleaning lady, in competing record house. She needs to get the re...
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Spy In High Heels

1979

The Return
4.8/4
Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything changes when police arrests the group of youths under...
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The Return

1963

Radopolje
6/4
German retaliation expedition burned down the village of Radopolje and killed all the men. When first men appear in the village after the war, Kata Pl...
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Radopolje

1962

Did a Good Man Die?
2.5/1
Peter is a pensioner who works for a bank - a department store, more precisely - and his job is to collect debts from the citizens. While conducting h...
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Did a Good Man Die?

1966

On the Mountain of Konjuh
6.3/3
An exciting story of Husine coalminers who formed a partisan batch and put up an armed resistance during WW2 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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On the Mountain of Konjuh

1970

Indian Summer
7/3
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 t...
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Indian Summer

1990

Carnival, Angel and Dust
0/0
Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them.
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Carnival, Angel and Dust

2003

The Doctor of Craziness
5/1
All kinds of patients roam through waiting room of a psychiatrist whose life motto is: everybody are crazy until is proved the other way.
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The Doctor of Craziness

1970

Life Is a Mass Phenomenon
5.2/3
Two friends dream of what they will do when they become adults. One friend dreams of travelling to far off places, but stays at home. The other one le...
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Life Is a Mass Phenomenon

1977

Daredevil Times
6.5/3
Sfaira (1971-1984) dedicated to Pythagoras and Plato is a homage to two of his favourite spheroids: the Earth and the Sun.
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Daredevil Times

1977

Fliers of the Open Skies
7/3
Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.
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Fliers of the Open Skies

1962

Three-Hearts Locket
6.5/4
A three-part omnibus. First story: Two friends remember their past, while unsuccessfully trying to win girl's heart. Second story: A teenage girl fall...
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Three-Hearts Locket

1995

Nausicaa
3/1
Matija Remetin is young man who is studying drama in Zagreb just before the outbreak of WW2. He rents the room at Marija Slajner, widow who's three pr...
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Nausicaa

1987

Marjuca or Death
5/3
The town of Split in the 1930s during Italian occupation. A boy torn between kid's games and sexual awakening finds more about the latter at the nearb...
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Marjuca or Death

1966

Thunder at the Border
5.6/54
Firehand and his Apache friend Winnetou are determined to get justice for the murder of four young braves. They set off to track down the gang respons...
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Thunder at the Border

1974

Trace
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Trace

1980

Two Coffins of Dynamite
0/0
After getting into conflict with the head of the construction company, the party secretary and even majority of his fellow workers who took the manage...
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