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Branko Ivanda

Born December 25, 1941 · Split, Croatia (age 84)

Branko Ivanda (born 25 December 1941) is Croatian film director and screenwriter. Ivanda was born in Split, then under Italian occupation. His father Leo was a high-school professor of Croatian and French language and his mother Dunja a clerk. The family had artistic leanings, as Ivanda's grandfather was an actor in the Croatian National Theatre in Split (HNK), while his uncle-in-law was composer…

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In the CampIn the Camp · 1983
In the Camp
7.01983
MovieTV MovieDrama
Piano player is commissioned as an officer in WW1 Austro-Hungarian army. His sensitive soul is being tormented by war atrocities. And then he is ordered to hang an old lady...
The HorsemanThe Horseman · 2003
The Horseman
6.92003
MovieDramaRomance
The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia and Dalmatia, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice. It deals with issues relating to the region's native Croats as they struggle between to live between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism and Islam.
Real TruthReal Truth · 1972
Real Truth
7.81972
MovieDrama
Božidarka Frajt (playing herself) is an actress who is unsuccessfully looking for a job in Zagreb. The film follows her everyday life: she spends time with her friends and colleagues, shoots a television commercial, goes to a party, remembers her difficult childhood as a war orphan, and contemplates her professional and personal failures. Finally, she visits theatre manager Vjeran Zuppa in his office and asks for a job.
The RabbitThe Rabbit · 1975
The Rabbit
1975
MovieTV MovieDrama
Written in 1932 between the two world wars, this TV drama brings a critique of militarism and speaks of the meaninglessness of warfare and the tragedy of human lives and the tragedy of human lives in such an environment.
SistersSisters · 1992
Sisters
8.01992
MovieTV MovieDrama
Based on the motifs of Slavko Batušić’s play Chamber Trio, the main characters are sisters Julia and Regina, and Regina’s husband Marcel, in the vortex of an intimate and psychological drama of unresolved marital relations.
Ana and NivesAna and Nives · 1980
Ana and Nives
1980
MovieTV MovieDrama
It follows the lives of two women: real-life painter Nives Kavurić-Kurtović and editor Ana who’s just working on editing of documentary on Nives.
PsychopathsPsychopaths · 1974
Psychopaths
8.01974
MovieTV MovieDrama
A TV film based on Chekhov’s 'Ariadna'.
Five Dead AdressesFive Dead Adresses · 1985
Five Dead Adresses
1985
MovieTV MovieDrama
A contemporary drama about a woman at a turning point in life, too old to start life all over, but young enough not to decide to try. After a failed marriage abroad, childless and with unfulfilled expectations, Melisa returns to Zagreb longing for her mother, brother, friends and beloved hometown.

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