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Tamara Đorđević (born Italina Lida Kravanja; 7 July 1907 – 10 May 1979), known professionally as Ita Rina, was a film actress and beauty queen. She was one of the major film stars in Germany and Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s and the early 1930s. Rina retired from her career shortly after her wedding in 1931, when she changed her religion from Roman Catholic to Serbian Orthodox and her name to Tamara Đorđević.
In October 1926, Slovenski narod (Slovenian People) magazine organized a beauty pageant, and Rina entered the competition. She was crowned Miss Slovenia and was to travel to the final event for Miss Yugoslavia, which was supposed to be held on 20 December 1926 in Zagreb. However, her mother did not want to let her go to Zagreb. After a group visit from the Slovenian delegation, Marija Kravanja relented. Unfortunately, when Rina arrived in Zagreb, the jury was already choosing the most beautiful of three finalists. She was, however, noticed by Adolf Müller, the owner of Balkan Palace Movie theater in Zagreb. He immediately sent her photographs to German film producer Peter Ostermayer. YU FIPRESCI: Međunarodna federacija filmskih kritičara: Ita Rina (7 July 2007) As her mother did not want to let her go to Berlin, Rina ran away from home.
In 1930, Rina acted in three films, most notable being the first talking Czech language film Tonka of the Gallows, which is often named her best role. Meanwhile, she married Miodrag Đorđević in 1931, and changed her religion from Roman Catholic to Serbian Orthodox. Rina was baptised in the Russian Orthodox Church, and also got her new Orthodox name, Tamara Đorđević. "I wanted to be named Ljubica, but the Russian priest would not allow that name. He proposed to me the Russian variety, Ljubov, but I refused it. So, I was named Tamara", Rina stated about her change of name. The same year, Rina was given an offer from Hollywood, but her husband forced her to choose between her career and their marriage; Rina chose to stay with him. Although she had announced her retirement from her film career, she acted until the outbreak of World War II. Her last prewar film was crime drama Zentrale Rio.
As she suffered from asthma, Rina and her husband moved to Budva (then Yugoslavia, now Montenegro) in 1967. There, she took care of her husband, who was ill with sclerosis. Rina died on 10 May 1979 from an asthmatic attack. She was buried a few days later in Belgrade, in the presence of numerous film artists, admirers, friends and family.
| 1927 | Was die Kinder ihren Eltern verschweigen | Film | ||
| Two Under the Stars | Film | |||
| 1928 | Because I Love You | Film | ||
| Theatre | Film | Maria | ||
| 1929 | Wilde Ehen | Film | ||
| Erotikon | Film | Andrea | ||
| Spring Awakening | Film | Ilse | ||
| Disgrace | Film | Marta Holanová | ||
| 1930 | Tonka of the Gallows | Film | Tonka Šibenice | |
| Der Walzerkönig | Film | Seine Tochter | ||
| Kire lained | Film | Betty | ||
| 1933 | Život teče dalje | Film | ||
| Song of the Black Mountains | Film | Jela Gruić | ||
| 1935 | A život jde dál | Film | Marie | |
| 1937 | The Coral Princess | Film | Anka, Vukowitsch' Pflegetochter | |
| 1939 | Central Rio | Film | Chiquita Salieri | |
| 1960 | Atomic War Bride | Film | Mother |
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