- She was buried in Belgrade, in the presence of numerous film artists, admirers, friends and family.
- After several small film roles in 1927 and 1928, the critics finally noticed her in the 1928 film The Last Supper.
- 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 cinema in Zagreb. He immediately sent her photographs to German film producer Peter Ostermayer. As her mother did not want to let her go to Berlin, Rina ran away from home.
- Shortly after she had her first audition in Berlin 1927, following which she had classes in acting, diction, dancing, driving and riding.[2] She made her debut in the 1927 film What Do Children Hide from Their Parents, directed by Franz Osten.
- In 1940, she gave birth to her son Milan.
- 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 Dordevic.
- Rina died on 10 May 1979 of an asthmatic attack.
- Although she was promised several roles in Yugoslav films, all projects were canceled. After a letter she had written to President Tito, Rina began working as a co-production advisor in Avala Film.
- The Yugoslav actress Ita Rina began her film career at the the age of 20 with the German silent movie "Wochenendzauber" (1927). Thanks to her charisma she soon was employed for further productions.
- In 1931 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.
- She returned to the silver screen once, in 1960 film Atomic War Bride, directed by Veljko Bulajic. This was her last role.
- Her big breakthrough came in 1929, in the film Erotikon, directed by Gustav Machatý. She starred in the leading female role, Andrea. The great success of the film upset some moral and Christian organizations. The Catholic Abbot Battleme, wrote: "... First, they lie next to each other, and then one to another ... It is true that the cover hides their figures, but it certainly does not hide their movements... The protagonists are shown in particularly long shots, especially Ita... A viewer can recognize her excitement, then her expression of anxiety mixed with longing, then the pain and at the end... I blush while describing the scenes". This was, however, the best advertisement for the film, and the beginning of Rina's career.
- The sound film era reduced her activity in Germany and Ita Rina subsequently commuted back and forth between Germany and her home country Yugoslavia.
- 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.
- She was one of the major film stars in Germany and Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s and the early 1930s.
- After the bombing of Belgrade in 1941, the family moved to Vrnjacka Banja, where Rina gave birth to a daughter, Tijana.
- After she left film career in 1939, Rina and her husband settled in Belgrade.
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