Back home

Mirjana Karanović

Date of birth: 1957-01-28

Place of birth: Belgrade, Yugoslavia [now Serbia]

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Mirjana Karanovic

Mirjana Karanović

Biography

Mirjana Karanović (born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter.

Movie Credits

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams
3.4

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams

2006-03-01

A woman and her daughter struggle to make their way through the aftermath of the Balkan war.

Fraulein
2.7

Fraulein

2006-08-07

Ruža left Serbia, her country, over 30 years ago and lives in Zurich. Her daily life is a string of

Life of a Mutt
5

Life of a Mutt

2021-05-13

Through seven scenes, the film follows the life and destinies of stray dogs from the margins of our

Life Is a Miracle
3.6

Life Is a Miracle

2004-05-14

Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is t

When Father Was Away on Business
3.6

When Father Was Away on Business

1985-01-15

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing, but also very danger

Strawberry in the Supermarket
3.4

Strawberry in the Supermarket

2003-02-06

An ex-soldier storms a supermarket and takes all the cashiers captive because one of them insulted h

Underground
3.9

Underground

1995-05-13

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, trage

Wait for Me and I Will Not Come
2.9

Wait for Me and I Will Not Come

2009-06-13

Alek (Gordan Kicic) is desperate because Teodora (Milica Mihajlovic) has left him after a three year

Have I Told You I've Been Abused?
0

Have I Told You I've Been Abused?

2010-07-19

This docudrama is based on the genuine testimonies of eight women who survived sexual violence in ch

Here and There
2.7

Here and There

2009-09-08

Robert, a jaded middle-aged New Yorker, travels to Belgrade to make some quick cash by marrying some

Mirush
3.3

Mirush

2007-03-02

Mirush leaves Kosovo hoping to find his father in Norway, who abandoned the family when Mirush was v

Cabaret Balkan
3.8

Cabaret Balkan

1998-08-01

20 people's paths crisscross one night in violent mid-'90s Belgrade.

Witnesses
3.3

Witnesses

2003-07-20

Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various cha

Three Palms for Two Punks and a Babe
3.4

Three Palms for Two Punks and a Babe

1998-04-02

The story takes place in 1993 Serbia, torn by hyperinflation and economic disaster. Milan, an avid f

Three Summer Days
2.5

Three Summer Days

1997-08-07

Serbian film about the life of refugees from Bosnia is Serbia during the war years.

Loveless Zoritsa
2.5

Loveless Zoritsa

2012-02-08

The story takes place in modern-day eastern Serbia, still fertile ground for various forms of supers

Monument to Michael Jackson
2.5

Monument to Michael Jackson

2014-10-01

In a dying town in Serbia daydreamer Marko is on the verge of divorce from the love of his life, Lju

Handymen, Handymen
3.6

Handymen, Handymen

1980-10-27

The staff of elementary school prepare the retirement party for their cleaning woman. The complicate

The Whirl
3.8

The Whirl

2012-11-10

Three childhood friends from Belgrade, Serbia, whose destinies change as they become adults during t

Mrs. Stremnicka
0

Mrs. Stremnicka

1989-01-01

Oppressed by the great sadness of the life, in her mid-30s Isidora agrees to marry the Polish doctor

A Swanky Pumpkin
0

A Swanky Pumpkin

1986-01-01

The first TV adaptation of Jovan Sterija Popovic's comic novel about a woman who doesn't want to be

The Fall of Italy
2.7

The Fall of Italy

1981-07-07

The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are cont

Time of Miracles
2.6

Time of Miracles

1989-04-01

September 1945. The new communist authorities go into the church, hang the flag of the Party and pai

Jar Full of Air
0

Jar Full of Air

2007-11-18

In the year 2000, few workers spend their days on a mining site in silent desperation, planing a str

Better Than Escape
2.9

Better Than Escape

1993-07-15

A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his caree

Cure: The Life of Another
2.9

Cure: The Life of Another

2014-08-16

Teens Linda and Eta are inseparable friends, though they have plenty of disagreements, but one horri

Petria's Wreath
3.5

Petria's Wreath

1980-02-22

This film takes place in a small mining town in Serbia, within a time span covering the prewar, war,

The Reaper
2.6

The Reaper

2014-07-25

Haunted by his dark past, a labourer in a small Croatian village has a series of fateful encounters

Two Halves of a Heart
2.9

Two Halves of a Heart

1982-03-17

A boy's careless childhood is interrupted when he finds out about his parents' decision to divorce.

Truckers Ride Again
3.3

Truckers Ride Again

1984-04-05

New adventures of truck drivers Jare and Paja, long-time fellow associates and close friends. Jare i

The Tree and the Swing
3.1

The Tree and the Swing

2013-11-12

Coming home to make amends with her estranged father, Eleni finds herself confronted with an unexpec

Ever-Ready Women
2.1

Ever-Ready Women

1987-01-01

Seven women are sick of working in poor conditions on a farm. They steal a tractor and go to the cit

On the Road to Katanga
2.5

On the Road to Katanga

1987-05-03

Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native country w

Mother Mara
0

Mother Mara

2025-03-27

Mara, a successful businesswoman and single mother, is heartbroken after her son Nemanja’s untimely

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway
0

The Legendary Life of Ernest Hemingway

1988-01-01

Larger-than-life American author Ernest Hemingway is the subject of this biopic that chronicles the

Migrations II
4

Migrations II

1989-11-26

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who s

Three Windows and a Hanging
4

Three Windows and a Hanging

2014-08-19

In a traditional village in Kosova, a year after the war (2000) when people are rebuilding their liv

A Good Wife
3

A Good Wife

2016-04-21

When 50-year-old Milena finds out about the terrible past of her seemingly ideal husband, while simu

Go West
3

Go West

2005-08-18

In the 1990s, the Yugoslavia Federation falls apart in bloody wars. Perpetual student Milan, a Serb

On the Path
3.2

On the Path

2010-08-10

Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten thei

Next to Me
3

Next to Me

2015-07-20

After being attacked by a group of masked hooligans, Olja discovers that some of her students were r

Train Driver's Diary
3.4

Train Driver's Diary

2016-09-14

Statistics show that during his professional career every railroad engineer working for railways, un

Requiem for Mrs. J
3

Requiem for Mrs. J

2017-03-16

After she lost her husband and her job, Mrs. J is sitting in her living room with a gun in her hand.

Death of a Man in the Balkans
3.4

Death of a Man in the Balkans

2012-11-15

A lonely composer committed suicide in his apartment in Belgrade. Unaware of the camera catching th

The Little One
3.4

The Little One

1991-11-01

In the suburban environment of 1960s Belgrade, thieves and vagabonds were first who escaped from pov

Equals
4

Equals

2014-01-01

An omnibus film on children's rights and the problems that the youngest members of our society have

Catalina
1.5

Catalina

2017-09-18

Colombian girl, who studies law in France, arrives to Sarajevo in order to write a study about the W

Heart and Her Children
2.9

Heart and Her Children

1988-01-01

Story of the early maturity of a boy, which confirms the old pedagogical truth that life, joy and tr

Promised Land
3.1

Promised Land

1986-03-20

Settlers from infertile parts of Yugoslavia, arrive to rich Slavonia and Baranja. There they are fac

Meeting Place
3.8

Meeting Place

1989-02-26

During the excavation of ancient Roman ruins, an old archaeology professor accidentally opens the ga

The Absurd Scam
2.5

The Absurd Scam

The film is conceived as a video game where every link in society, from the highest to the lowest ha

Someone Is Still Waiting
0

Someone Is Still Waiting

2009-06-09

1st STORY: The Waiting Room. Vanja and Dara, women of the middle-age, from different social status,

The Right One
0

The Right One

2019-05-15

A possessive mother, a loving son, the fiancée's first visit, a mute witness... Four players around

Second Chance
0

Second Chance

2019-04-17

Second Chance interweaves three stories of three women living in the same block of fla

The Diary of Diana B.
3.8

The Diary of Diana B.

2019-07-18

Firmly believing her own life is no more precious than the lives of the innocent people being persec

The Factory
2.5

The Factory

2019-05-15

Five uniquely moving films about motherhood—bubbling up in the grocery store, the cemetery, or even

Mare
2.6

Mare

2020-02-23

Routinely, but with dedication, Mare runs her small family’s modest household, even though a new was

Heart with No Cure
0

Heart with No Cure

2017-06-28

An older but still attractive widow falls in love with a younger man, which becomes the main gossip

Toma
3.5

Toma

2021-12-20

Biopic about Serbian folk singer Toma Zdravković, the man who is remembered not only for his songs a

The Other Side of Everything
4

The Other Side of Everything

2017-09-11

For Serbian filmmaker Mila Turajlic, a locked door in her mother's apartment in Belgrade provides th

The Tombola
0

The Tombola

1985-01-01

Two factory workers with gambling addictions invest all their wages in a sweepstakes that will take

Marjuca or Death
2.5

Marjuca or Death

1987-06-30

The town of Split in the 1930s during Italian occupation. A boy torn between kid's games and sexual

The Pavilion
0

The Pavilion

2025-08-15

A group of spunky seniors launch an armed rebellion against the employees of their retirement home,

In Another World
0

In Another World

Maša travels from a big city to a small rural community searching for a man, however, she instead ru