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....
"You're lying, Melita" is a Croatian television miniseries from 1983. about a little girl who thinks there's nothing wrong with choosing not to tell the truth. Based on a short novel by Ivan Kušan....
Ignored by the stories of the hawks and their weapons, little Tugomil can not resist the desire to shoot from the shotgun shot by his father Tomo. The boy will realize that he was flawed only when the old Martin was surrounded by gendarmes....
The television humorous series is based on the screenplay by renowned Croatian writer Mirko Bozic. In ten episodes, we look at the various ups and downs of socialist leaders, which authors use to talk about what really interests them, and that is the mentality of the people in the Sinj region in Croatia. Original title: ČOVIK I PO...
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A Croatian comedy show hosted by Željko Pervan that originally aired on OTV between 1995 and 1998, and later on Nova TV and HRT. It is largely improvisational and spontaneous, featuring Pervan as a teacher to a group of students, debating various political and societal problems....
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....
With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves....
An adaptation of Ivo Kozarčanin's novel of the same name and consists of four episodes. The protagonist is a young official named Valentin, and the plot shows his childhood, growing up and a disastrous marriage that will end in murder....
Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men....
At the beginning of 1990s, two Croatian emigrants, economically minded Cinco and politically minded Marinko, arrive in Croatia from Germany, homesick for their families and hometowns. In order to get a German pension, Cinco pretends to be dead and travels in a coffin. Soon, Marinko joins him because he is running away from an old agent of the Yugoslav State Security Service. On their trip in a motor hearse, Cinco and Marinko face many adventures, which culminate when they are stopped at Serbian ...
A power-cut in a great apartment building brings the tennants together....
Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to death in order to provide defence against the Turks. But, the worst things were arrogant local feudal lords led by Franjo Tahi who were oppresing the common folk. All that led to the great peasant revolt of 1573. The movie is made for the 400th anniversary of the event....
Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them....
Deals with the father-son conflict in a farming family. The two never see eye to eye especially over the way the farm is run. The boy opts for a different way of life and also falls in love with a dumb girl to the horror of his family....
Maria lives with his son Darko in a Croatian village that is attacked by Serbian Chetniks one night. They manage to escape and hide in a nearby town, where Maria takes a job at the laundry and Darko joins the Croatian Defenders, leading to tragedy....
The story of the Partisan, understated idealists… who happily lives in post-war society. The problem arises when his comrades Sylvia wants to declare war memoirs where your credit stands out in an attack on a particularly important strategic enemy position called “The Rooster’s Beak”....
In a village of heterogeneous ethnic composition (populated by Serbs and Croats), the local hunter gets wounded by an accidental shot which stirs up passion among the two communities....
Sfaira (1971-1984) dedicated to Pythagoras and Plato is a homage to two of his favourite spheroids: the Earth and the Sun....
The adaptation of a lesser known novel by Nobelist Ivo Andric, which describes the life of a spinster who was overwhelmed by a single passion: avarice....
This film is based on the true story about Jovan Stanisavljevic alias Charuga, the bandit who became a legend in post-WW1 Slavonia, Croatia....
Two friends, Fabijan and Dakar, go fishing on a calm river close to Zagreb. In his youth, Fabijan was a Partisan, and Dakar a member of the Foreign Legion. Suddenly, while fishing, they are attacked by unknown assassins. While fighting for their lives, they wonder if this is revenge for unsettled accounts from their past. Fabijan and Dakar set off on a quest for the assassins and motives for their attack......
The doyen of national theater, Dado Telebuh, goes through psychological crisis after being dumped by his lover Ivan Starcevic, who got involved in a romantic relationship with Jurica Pavicic. Alone in his apartment, Dado tries to find comfort in all-night telephone conversations via SOS service, who provide him with psychological support in the form of nun called Sanja Separovic. For his characters, much disputed Croatian director Jakov Sedlar used real names of the film critics and public figur...
An insight into multi-layered relations between natives and newcomers in the town of Pula following WWII and departure of Angloamerican forces....
A young man is determined to find out what happened to his grandfather who was arrested and then disappeared in WW2, why did the new communist government label their family as traitors and why was his father killed many years later....
After his wife's murder and house burnt, a young soldier is in search for new home for his daughter. But coming to chaotic at the beginning of the war Zagreb is no place for hope......
Diana McGowin is a successful middle-aged legal secretary. Upon her realization that she is in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Diana courageously attempts to hide her affliction from her husband, Jack, and her children, but it isn't long before the truth becomes painfully obvious....
The action takes place in a village where police investigates a murder committed because of an accordion....
A cruel world of the Yugoslavian prison during 1980s, based on real events about a man who gets life sentence for committed crime....
A stray dog tries to find suitable boss in a newly-built city resort....
During the WWII, the communist resistance, with the help of a few local anti-fascists, makes sabotage and obstructs the actions of the Yugoslav quislings....
Lifelong rivalry between police inspector and professional criminal escalates on New Years Eve, 1990....