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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 Tesla · 1980The Secret of Nikola Tesla
★ 6.31980
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 Horses · 1988Thirty 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.
The Donator · 1989The Donator
★ 4.61989
MovieDrama
A war drama about a German officer's search for a priceless art collection.
Libertas · 2006Libertas
★ 6.22006
MovieDrama
The film is set in mid-16th century, at a time when the entire eastern Mediterranean is dominated by two great empires, the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice, with the small but wealthy maritime republic of Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik) managing to maintain its independence through diplomatic agreements.
How the War Started on My Island · 1997How the War Started on My Island
★ 6.31997
MovieComedyWar
At the beginning of 1991, Yugoslav army did not acknowledge Croatian's independence, and still holding few military barracks in Croatia. Gajski travels to an island to get his son out of the army. Locals have besieged the barracks and organized a festival to try with singing and recitals to get major Aleksa and his soldiers to surrender, but Aleksa has explosives thru the barracks and wants to blow up the island.
Promised Land · 1986Promised 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.
The Rat Savior · 1976The Rat Savior
★ 6.41976
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.
Two Coffins of Dynamite · 1980Two 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.
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