Željko Senečić

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Željko Senečić

Born January 18, 1933 · Zagreb, Croatia

Died January 1, 2018 · aged 84

Željko Senečić was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter. Senečić studied painting at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and scenography at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts. His career in filmmaking and production design began in the early 1960s. His most memorable films include the Palme d'Or and Academy Award-winning The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel, 1979…

Known For

The Fifth Day of PeaceThe Fifth Day of Peace · 1970
The Fifth Day of Peace
★ 5.51970
MovieDramaWar
Based on a true story. Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied POW camp. When a rigid and militaristic German colonel learns about their desertion, he wants them court-martialed, even if the war is over. The uninterested Allied officers oblige him, and the two men face the firing squad on "the fifth day of peace".
Short Night of Glass DollsShort Night of Glass Dolls · 1971
Short Night of Glass Dolls
★ 6.61971
MovieHorrorThriller
An American journalist in Prague searches for his girlfriend who has suddenly disappeared.
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly MissionThe Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission · 1987
The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission
★ 5.01987
MovieActionAdventure
Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal MissionThe Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission · 1988
The Dirty Dozen: The Fatal Mission
★ 5.21988
MovieAdventureWar
A renegade team of World War II soldiers. This time, one of the 12 is a woman and, with a Nazi spy within their midst, they're up against German wartime geniuses out to establish a Fourth Reich.
Private Vices, Public VirtuesPrivate Vices, Public Virtues · 1976
Private Vices, Public Virtues
★ 5.21976
MovieDramaWar
The setting is a Central European kingdom, near the turn of the century. Bored by his very proper wife, the youthful heir to the throne spends his time in amorous dalliances at a sprawling country estate. His wife departs at the arrival of his friends, and they organize a celebration which becomes a wild orgy and culminates in death and tragedy.
Dream WarriorDream Warrior · 2004
Dream Warrior
★ 2.32004
MovieHorrorAction
The Apocalypse has come: an asteroid has destroyed the world and civilization as we know it. Out of the rubble rises a new world order including humans and human-looking mutants with super-human powers. Parish is the leader of this new civilization and has declared war on all mutants, driven by his fanatical need for a Pure Human society, and his personal pursuit of Rage, the mutant leader. While the mutant freedom fighters rise up to confront Parish and his merciless soldiers, Parish continues his obsessive search for Rage. When Parish and Rage meet face to face, the dark secret of their past is finally revealed.
RondoRondo · 1966
Rondo
★ 6.31966
MovieDramaRomance
Every Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Fedji. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with Neda, Fedia's wife, and almost invisibly, a love triangle forms. Chess board is the central part of the film, as moves on the board reflect emotions of the characters.
Ann and EveAnn and Eve · 1970
Ann and Eve
★ 3.41970
MovieDramaCrime
The story concerns the Yugoslavian holiday of two toothsome Swedish girls. One of the girls, played by Maria Liljedahl, is (metaphorically speaking) a world-champion in the promiscuity sweepstakes, bedding men (and women) in great profusion. Somehow, the movie also manages to be about film reviewers and film directors. Variety commented '...the film's inherently good visual and physical qualities are themselves dissipated in [the director's] cynicism, ennui, and involuted intellectual mirror tricks.'

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