Josip Marotti

In Collecting Courage, the second of six parts of his drama cycle Dialogues, screenwriter Ivo Stivicic dealt with the relationship of a young, unambitious and timid factory worker to the people around him, from girlfriends and work colleagues to hooligans from the cafe environment.

When Dr. Lovro Furato accidentally fails to treat the injured eye of the peasant Barisa Surac, the whole silent conflict between the two worlds, rich urban and backward rural, will emerge to the surface.

The plot of the drama begins with the murder of an officer of the occupying forces. The town’s commander issues a strange order: let the locals choose a victim for revenge. This is how the righteous judge Blaz gets to the center of the action.

Successful writer (Boris), accompanied with his fiancé, returns to place where he grew up in hope to find inspiration for new book. But memories are somewhat distracting, especially those of an old love...

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.

Eduard Galić’s movie based on the book by Vjenceslav Novak.

After returning from the Eastern Front to their small Croatian village as veterans of the First World War, Jovan Stanisavljević (nicknamed Čaruga) and his comrade known only as Mali join forces with the gang led by a local bandit and communist revolutionary Boža The Red. After Boža is brutally murdered by law enforcement officials, Čaruga takes over as the gang's leader, turning them into a bloodthirsty troop that won't take no for an answer.

The last play that Miroslav Krleza ever wrote. Especially interesting is the directorial concept, which sets the play in the space of the old Dubrovnik fortress, and used the audience as semi-active participants in the event. Two acting ensembles played for different audience with a short time lag.

In Autumn of 1991, a Croatian soldier looses his wife and home to Serbian forces. Panicked, he grabs his daughter and, with nowhere else left to go, they leave for Zagreb, hoping to find shelter there. But, it turns out the streets of the war torn capitol are not much more safe nor pleasant than the village they had to leave behind.

Janko's life seemed to be in order. He had a great job and was in a steady relationship with his comissioner's daughter, whom he decided to leave after he falls for a pickopocket named Nana. However, even that relationship can't seem to fullfill his desires, so he starts a steamy affair with Marta Štajner, the widow of wealthy wartime-era crime lord Dragutin Karl Štajner. Wanting to impress his new fling, Janko decides to abuse his position as a police officer and starts getting further into criminal territory, but, he quickly gets in way over his head.

In the twenties of the last century, after funeral of the bank advisor, relatives gathered in a tavern near the Mirogoj cemetery, an opportunity to solve some old and uncleared bills .

Mirko is happily married man in his forties, employed in a record company. His quiet life is interrupted when a pretty young woman moves into an apartment on the upper floor. With the help of his friend Stipe, Mirko tries to seduce the aspiring singer - but their plans don't work out as expected.

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

Wanting to publish their first solo album, an up and coming rock band decides to give up on following the unwritten "Rock and Roll Code" in order to play a few cheesy love songs for the upcoming wedding of Siniša, a corrupt and violent police officer. What they don't know is that Siniša's bride-to-be is none other than Anja, the ex-girlfriend of their founder Stream, and that the ceremony won't be just a wedding, nor merely a moneymaking opportunity, but, rather, a high-stakes rescue operation, started by a reignited flame.

Completely enchanted by Walt Disney and the heroes from his animation world, a nine-year-old boy awaits the visit of his uncle from the USA. Young boy's family is also anxious to finally see a man they haven't seen for so long. With the appearance of a gangster-movie hero, the boy's uncle is full of interesting stories adding even more flame to the child's imagination. Everything seems perfect and surreal as if almost they are completely sucked into a world of imagination, up until one horrific event reveals the real truth about uncle's life and deeds.[2]

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.

Martin and his girlfriend Zorica are two students who live as subtenants in separate flats. Since that situation has devastating effect on their love life, they yearn after the place of their own. When Martin's landlords go to the hollidays, it seems that their prayers, at least temporarily, had been listened to. However, the idilla is very short one, because other people also want to use the situation.

Zagreb, Yugoslavia in 1890. A group of high-school students run away on an adventure that ends in scandal. The ringleader, Gusta, is expelled from school and sent to stay with his uncle in rural Turopolje. Here, a totally new world opens up to him, where the internal tragedies of the people are played out against the castle of Brezovica and a small town of wooden-framed houses. People end up in this idyllic exile because of some previous "sin" and try then to make the best of their lives there. But memories of the outside world impinge on their happiness.

Story about famous ballet dancer Marija who was horrified by the terror of Ustasha regime, and joined the partisans.

A retired tram driver tries to find his daughter named Ana whom he lost in the Second World War.

The story is set in a small Dalmatian town. Soon after the death of a local nobleman, a girl who worked as a servant in his house, gets pregnant. Even though the father's identity remains unknown, the whole neighborhood saw a naked man jumping down from her window on that same night when the nobleman died. Local teacher who lives in that house, falls in love with the girl who decides to tell him the truth about the "naked man".

Two Croatian students meet at a party. One, Marina, dedicated to their degree, the other, Marko, somewhat of a rebel. They have a brief fling, have sex, but Marina gets pregnant.

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”.

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.

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.

During WW2, a young student of medicine comes to the big city to discover the secret of death, and stays at a motel that turns out to be a brothel. He is asked from Ustasha officer to perform experiments of resurrecting the dead, while the Fascist authorities look for a female communist hiding in the city.

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.