Personal Info
Birth date
1934-08-07 (90 Years)
Day of death
2018-07-16
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Lopud, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Also known as
Мария Кон
Maria Köhn
Marija Kohn
Biography
Marija Kohn was a Croatian stage and screen actress. She appeared in more than eighty films from 1957 to 2018.
Filmography
Lara's Choice
NYR
Overview:
Larin izbor is a Croatian telenovela created by Jelena Popović Volarić and written by Tomislav Hrpka. The series premiered on September 4, 2011 on Nova TV. It has been sold to over seventeen countries worldwide.Witnesses
NYR
Overview:
The extended version of the eponymous film served as a TV mini-series. The plot is centered in the city of Karlovac in 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence. The front lines, where Croatian and Serbian forces fight each other, lie near the city. Meanwhile, in the city of Karlovac, a Serbian civilian Vasić is murdered. The story follows the local police officer Barbir (Dražen Kühn), who tries to solve the murder in spite of ethnic hatred and war revolving nearby.Inspector Vinko
NYR
Overview:
Inspector Vinko is a comedy miniseries starring Ivica Vidović, Zoja Odak and Mustafa Nadarević.The Foreigner
10
Overview:
Apart from the fact that he feels neither as a citizen nor as a peasant, nothing binds the main protagonist to his place of birth in this typical Simunovic work about homo duplex, deeply contaminated with a feeling of pain.In the Registrar's Office
8.3
Overview:
Based on the Ante Kovačić's novel "U registraturi" (In the Registrar's Office, 1888.) Tells the story of Ivica Kicmanovic – from his childhood to his eventual downfall caused by a femme fatale Laura. 9 episodes in total.On the Path
6.5
Overview:
Loving young couple Luna and Amar try their best to overcome unexpected obstacles that threaten their relationship. After Amar's dramatic change in a fundamentalist community, Luna tears herself apart searching if love is truly enough to keep the couple together on the path to a lifetime of happiness...Witnesses
6.5
Overview:
Set amid the atrocities of war in the Balkans, Witnesses is retold, Rashomon-style, from various characters' viewpoints, adding new information about the complexity of war and humanity. Beginning inside a rustic house with a woman in black (Mirjana Karanovic) standing beside her husband's coffin, Witnesses interweaves the stories of a small town confronting ethnic hatred and deep moral ambiguities.To Come and Stay
5
Overview:
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.The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker
4.9
Overview:
Apprentice Lapitch, the little shoemaker sets off on a journey after experiencing injustice from the cruel Master Mrkonja. On his journey he meets Gita, a beautiful little circus girl who is an orphan just like him. They share adventures and experience problems during their journey. They have nowhere to sleep, no food and are poorly clothed, but nothing scares them. They are bold and happy, willing to help everyone. On the night of the full moon something terrible happens, and changes everything...Occupation in 26 Pictures
6.1
Overview:
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, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.Cervantes from the Small Town
5.4
Overview:
'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 beach. His wife Anđa brings two of her cousins from the Dalmatian hinterland and demands Roko to hire them. One of them, a young man named Ikan, earns the attention of a beautiful Swedish tourist. From Chile to Malo Misto returned Tonči, nicknamed Servantes, of course, without any money. He fell on the back of his hardworking aunt Keka, who even without him has enough problems of her own. Servantes also experiences an unexpected romance.Winter in Rio
5
Overview:
A homeless man who lives in abandoned bus finds out that his daughter comes from Germany to meet him for the first time in twelve years. Ashamed of his present situation and unable to cope with it, he breaks into apartment of his rich ex-friend who is involved in criminal activities.The Harbor
NYR
Overview:
Next to a small Dalmatian town of Murvice oil was found, and politicians make a hasty decision to build a tanker port, although there is no oil in the quantities required for exploitation. Urged by his ambitious wife, the engineer Slobodan Despot becomes director of the port construction, which his wife's lover skillfully exploits to use Despot as scapegoat. The construction of unprofitable airport gradually destroys the patriarchal structure of Murvice, as well as Despot's personal life and ideals, which he tried to restore by having affair with the young and unspoiled girl.Long Dark Night
6.4
Overview:
"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.Madonna
NYR
Overview:
In a small Croatian village in 1991, a carpenter Kuzma falls for much younger Ana. In spite of their surroundings' opposition towards their relationship, the couple marries and Ana gives birth to their son. Being also familiar with the statuary, he makes a sculpture of Madonna for the local church. A quiet life of the village is disturbed when the first clashes between Croats and Serbs arise.Christmas in Vienna
NYR
Overview:
A young violinist who plays at the war front decides to join his parents in Vienna after his best friend gets killed.H-8...
7.4
Overview:
A bus traveling from Belgrade to Zagreb is involved in a tragic accident when a reckless driver causes a catastrophic collision on a rainy night, leading to the tragic deaths of several passengers.Wolf Hunters of Upper and Lower Polacha
7
Overview:
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" (wolf assembly), a rural custom typical for Dalmatian Zagora. Their rivalry ends in a tragic way.Lost Homeland
4.8
Overview:
The funeral in his native village evokes the main character's reminiscences from the childhood, but the bygone time exist only in his memories.Waste
NYR
Overview:
Kralj, an energetic businessman, unexpectedly gets into trouble: at the same moment both his wife and his mistress start seeing through his carefully constructed lies. It is one of those days when everything goes wrong. This is a story in which people don’t meet or talk, but try to solve their accumulated problems via text messages.Year of The Monkey
NYR
Overview:
A mild political satire about a peculiar friendship between a lonesome monkey and an (impoverished) zoo warden, and about an upside-down world in transition as seen by a chimpanzee.The House
7
Overview:
The manager of an export-import company meets a young girl who claims that her parents have been taken their house away after WW2. After finding out this to be true, he offers to marry her which she accepts. However, it turns out that the house needs thorough restoration. Since his salary is not enough to cover its massive expenses, he puts his honesty on test.Bravo Maestro
5.7
Overview:
A young man who long ago gave over the hard work of being a composer for the easy life of a rich man's son is bamboozled into slapping together a musical production. Having borrowed right and left, and plagiarized the works of a friend, he feels cheap, very cheap. He feels even worse when the awful thing is a success.Atomic War Bride
5.6
Overview:
At a church in the country, eternally optimistic John marries Maria, his Atomic War Bride, as a war starts, planes buzz overhead and bombs start dropping. Though John is "mobilized" by the military seconds after the ceremony, he and Maria seek to be reunited.Piko
NYR
Overview:
A small, neglected boy protests against his busy parents by rambling across the city alone.Nights and Days
NYR
Overview:
A partisan battalion who was surrounded from all sides brings up decision to enter the city, so that the fighters could rest and recover. Due to fear of one of the partisans, the enemy discovers their plan, but fails to sabotage it.Into the Blue
5.8
Overview:
Thirteen year old Julija and her mother flee their abusive household to find refuge on an idyllic Croatian island where Julija grew up. Emotionally scarred, Julija is desperate to reconnect with her best friend, Ana. But Ana is in love with a boy and Julija is no longer a priority.Acting
TBAWitnesses (1 Episode) as Starica
TBAThe Foreigner (1 Episode) as Ciganka
2019Year of The Monkey as Vilma Lukić
2017Into the Blue as Grandmother
2017A Murder to Go as Baka Grabovac
2016The Beast as Nada
2013The Brave Adventures of a Little Shoemaker as Miškova majka
2011Lara's Choice (182 Episodes) as Anđela Zlatar
2010On the Path as Baka
2009I Believe in Angels as Slijepa Petra
2009Zagreb Stories as Klara (segment "Inkasator")
2008Waste as Starica
2006Red and Black as Felix's grandmother
2006Slow Days as Grandma
2005Sleep Sweet, My Darling as Neda Glazar
2004Long Dark Night as Marijana
2003Witnesses as Starica
2002Winter in Rio as Bakica
2001The Cashier Wants to Go to the Seaside as Starica kradljivica
1999Madonna as Unknown
1997Christmas in Vienna as Teta Ana
1992The Harbor as Unknown
1988When Birds Sing as Unknown
1987Marjuca or Death as Vinka
1984Inspector Vinko (8 Episodes) as Elza Čavlek
1984The Ambassador as Štefica
1983Resting Room as Pipničarka
1982Cervantes from the Small Town as Keka
1980Lost Homeland as Stara Ines
1978Occupation in 26 Pictures as Luce
1978Bravo Maestro as Čistačica
1978The Case of Filip Franjic as Vera Franjić
1978Wolf Hunters of Upper and Lower Polacha as Unknown
1976The Case of Graduate Wagner as Lucija Wagner
1975The House as Sekina majka
1974In the Registrar's Office (9 Episodes) as Unknown
1973You Get It, Man as Unknown
1965To Come and Stay as Đorđeva žena
1960Atomic War Bride as Unknown
1959Piko as Tetka
1959Three Girls Named Ana as Ana 2 - Kućanica
1959Nights and Days as Vera
1958H-8... as Gospođa Jakupec
1957Master of His Own Body as Roza