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Ivo Brešan

Born May 27, 1936

Died January 3, 2017 · aged 80

Ivan "Ivo" Brešan was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for political satire.

Known For

The Secret of Nikola TeslaThe Secret of Nikola Tesla · 1980
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
★ 6.21980
MovieDrama
Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
Thirty HorsesThirty Horses · 1988
Thirty Horses
1988
MovieTV MovieDrama
An ambitious carpenter from Dalmatian village puts an old mill back in function in order to prove himself worthy among the locals.
How the War Started on My IslandHow the War Started on My Island · 1996
How the War Started on My Island
★ 6.21996
MovieComedyWar
On a small island in the Adriatic, tensions rise between the local population and the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army. The locals try to fight the enemy with song, dance, music and motivational speeches, but, major Aleksa, the head of the batallion situated on the island, threatens to blow their barracks up with everyone inside them if the civilians don't retreat.
The DonatorThe Donator · 1989
The Donator
★ 4.61989
MovieDrama
A war drama about a German officer's search for a priceless art collection.
The Rat SaviorThe Rat Savior · 1976
The Rat Savior
★ 6.31976
MovieScience FictionHorror
A poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, or the covert conspiracy of pod-people in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This film's story is based on a book by the Soviet writer Alexander Grin.
LibertasLibertas · 2006
Libertas
★ 6.22006
MovieDramaHistory
Dubrovnik, February 1551. After a performance of his latest masterpiece Uncle Maroje recieves a strongly negative reaction from Dubrovnik's elite, playwright Marin Držić and his theatre troop find themselves at the mercy of a powerful censor.
Two Coffins of DynamiteTwo Coffins of Dynamite · 1980
Two Coffins of Dynamite
1980
MovieTV MovieDrama
After getting into conflict with the head of the construction company, the party secretary and even majority of his fellow workers who took the management’s side, Perisa writes a letter to the Central Committee asking for his labor rights. Just before the arrival of the press, an accident occurs.
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa DonjaA Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja · 1974
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
★ 6.81974
MovieDramaThriller
A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.

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Promised LandPromised Land · 1986
Promised Land
★ 7.01986
MovieDramaCrime
Settlers from infertile parts of Yugoslavia, arrive to rich Slavonia and Baranja. There they are faced with the decree of the Communist government by which they will be left without the land that they received in the process of collectivization just a year ago. The peasants fiercely resist the government's decision. Milisa Matic is a peasant who fights against the establishment of peasant cooperatives because in that case many peasants would lose their newly acquired land. The Communist government has decreed the founding of cooperatives and Markan Radisic is in charge of their establishment. When Markan's son proposes to Milisa's daughter, the two men confront each other. In self-defense Markan kills Milisa, however the national court fails to find mitigating circumstances. On the way to prison he listens to the news on radio about the abolition of agricultural cooperatives.

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