The Parting Song

The Parting Song 1979

1

The story of the Dubrovnik landowner Nikša Prokulić, who fiercely opposes romance between his daughter Jela and the Czech officer Marek, member of the Austro-Hungarian army that occupied their city in 1814, after the departure of the French. The story of the final downfall of the Republic of Dubrovnik thus also becomes the story of the agony of an ancient aristocratic family.

1979

Seven Hours and Fifteen Minutes

Seven Hours and Fifteen Minutes 1966

1

The main character is the director of a social enterprise who, before leaving for the airport, faces the fact that his son was beaten during a night out.

1966

The Glembays

The Glembays 1988

7.30

The Glembays of Zagreb are a rich family cursed with tragedies and haunted by sinister past. Leone Glembay, a rebelious son of the family patriarch, is becoming disgusted with hypocrisy, perversion and crime that runs in the family.

1988

Cyclops

Cyclops 1982

5.60

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

1982

Dramolett by Chiribilli

Dramolett by Chiribilli 1972

1

A farcical parody about a group of upstarts who, in the imaginary seaside town of Cipoli, clash with the Venetian cops, led by the comical captain Trapollo.

1972

Carnival, Angel and Dust

Carnival, Angel and Dust 1990

1

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

1990

Adam and Eve

Adam and Eve 1969

1

A TV film based on single act drama written by Miroslav Krleza, that belongs to his expressionist phase. It was first published in 1922, and then regularly as a part of collection of plays called "Legends". By giving them this primordial biblical names, in this drama Krleza speaks about the intricate relation between two lovers, while interweaving reality and unreality, giving wider context of human relations to everything.

1969

Tomo Bakran

Tomo Bakran 1978

1

A projection of the situation in monarchist Yugoslavia after the infamous Proclamation and the Law on the Protection of the State, when repression and police violence stifled any progressive idea. Inspired by some literary works of Miroslav Krleza.

1978

The Case of Graduate Wagner

The Case of Graduate Wagner 1976

1

This drama premiered in Zagreb in 1935. The plot shows a young man from a well-to-do bourgeois family facing the anger of his parents over his absences from high school, behind which stands his forbidden love with a girl of humble working-class background.

1976

The Rhythm of Crime

The Rhythm of Crime 1981

5.80

Old houses in Zagreb are destroyed in order to build new, bigger blocks. A teacher who lives in one of these houses allows a stranger to share his home with him. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes based on statistical analyses. When a predicted murder did not occur, the stranger is adamant that the whole town will suffer unless a balance is achieved - and he leaves.

1981

A Man Who Liked Funerals

A Man Who Liked Funerals 1989

5.00

Filip lives in the small town of Samobor, which is near Zagreb. He works in the local library as a librarian. Even though he moved to the small town many years ago, he still misses the bustle of life in Zagreb. However, his boring routine is interrupted by the arrival of a new library manager, the pretty Elza. Soon, however, a series of strange deaths happen.

1989

Nocturno

Nocturno 1974

1

After the death of his beloved wife, a nobleman from northern Croatia turns to spiritualism refusing to accept that she's gone. She begins to appear in his presence and he starts to believe that she's alive.

1974

The Liberanos

The Liberanos 1979

1

The father dreams that at least his son Grga will return from Germany to his homeland because his second son is an employed Party member, lives in the city, and tries to push through some new projects in his village which traditional environment is opposed to.

1979

The Loner

The Loner 1976

1

In this intriguing, bittersweet picture of the factory atmosphere from the era of socialist self-management, we follow the story of the factory porter Djuro who, unlike his colleagues, has been unable to get an apartment within “social ownership” for years.

1976

Ether

Ether 1985

1

The story follows two journalists from Zagreb who go to a Pannonian town to report on wild radio stations. There they discover an unusual radio station that broadcasts news that is not usually released to the public. As they are collecting information about it, they get drawn into local affairs more than they hoped and wanted.

1985

Bombing Process

Bombing Process 1978

1

In 1928 young Communist activist was arrested and put on trial for anti-state activity. Years later he became known as Tito, Communist president of Yugoslavia, and this TV-movie was made for the 50th anniversary of those events.

1978

The Mark of Cain

The Mark of Cain 1970

1

An armed robbery with murder was committed in the downtown of Zagreb. That event will have significant consequences on the unusual relationship between a distinguished politician and a young bon vivant, who is connected to a robbed company.

1970

Roko and Cicibela

Roko and Cicibela 1978

6.70

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

1978

Nobody Will Laugh

Nobody Will Laugh 1985

1

A young professor of art history is pressed by communist superiors to write a positive review to an amateur scholar. He plays with an old man as well as with a young worker girl until he realizes he has lost everything.

1985

Kvit posla

Kvit posla 1983

1

After a twenty-year absence, psychiatrist returns to his hometown, where a meeting with old acquaintances and a former love will lead him to a life-threatening situation.

1983