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.
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.
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.
Eagle in a CageEagle in a Cage · 1972
Eagle in a Cage
★ 6.01972
MovieDrama
1815. A soldier becomes the governor of St. Helena and jailer of Napoleon
Project AlienProject Alien · 1990
Project Alien
★ 3.51990
MovieScience FictionAction
In Norway a military plane crashes under mysterious circumstances: in his last message the pilot reported many lights falling from the sky. NATO wants to play down the incident, but the famous TV moderator George Abbot and the no less persistent journalist Milker sense a sensational story about UFOs and start snooping around in the area with help of pilot "Bird" McNamara. Inspired by the suspiciously rigorous isolation of the whole area around the crash point and cases of an unknown disease they have a closer look at the military's activities...

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