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Dimitrie Osmanli

Born May 29, 1927 · Bitola, Macedonia

Died March 13, 2006 · aged 78

Dimitrie Osmanli (1927–2006) was a Macedonian film, television, and theater director. He was the first academically graduated Macedonian, both film and theater, director. Osmanli was a multimedia director. Highly respected for introducing modern themes and genres in the age of socialist and patriotic realism, introducing the new creative approach with his first feature films, the short film "Puppe…

Known For

White ShirtWhite Shirt · 1973
White Shirt
★ 8.01973
MovieTV MovieDrama
A TV drama set in a brick factory.
ThirstThirst · 1971
Thirst
★ 7.21971
MovieDrama
The inhabitants of a small village in a backward area of Macedonia earn their living by sending their men abroad in search of employment. Three young girls, named Elica, Maria and Nikolina live and work as schoolteachers in the village. Each of them try to make sense of their lives, in that situation where it is imposed on them. In the village the greatest problem is the supply of water. Spring water is carried by Marko from the distant mountains Marko is falls in love with the poor girl Kate...
PoppyPoppy · 1962
Poppy
1962
MovieDocumentary
A film that presents the method of cultivating the poppy, a plant from which, with further processing are obtained opium and numerous medicines necessary for health therapy.
MementoMemento · 1967
Memento
★ 6.51967
MovieDrama
A day before the earthquake in Skopje, Wily Muller, a German conductor, while passing through the concert meets a young girl Jana, a student from Skopje. After several years they meet again at the "Solidarity Meetings" event, which is held in Skopje, where Wily Muller is a conductor at a concert held on that occasion. Those several days, spent together with the conductor, for Jana mean fulfillment with a kind of reminiscence of her family tragedy experienced during Skopje's earthquake, and also a wondering and search for a way of starting life again, which stopped on the day of the earthquake. Although the possibility of going with Muller is very attractive, Jana stays in Skopje. Her place is beside the young man whom she loves and belongs to, with whom she is related with true love...
Return from ParadiseReturn from Paradise · 1969
Return from Paradise
1969
MovieTV MovieDrama
The first Macedonian TV drama produced by TV Skopje.
Skopje Journal #6Skopje Journal #6 · 1964
Skopje Journal #6
1964
MovieDocumentary
The journal covers the preparations of Skopje residents for the New Year's Eve 1964, as well as the celebration itself in tents, homes, and the "Metropol" restaurant.
Skopje's DreamsSkopje's Dreams · 1988
Skopje's Dreams
1988
MovieTV MovieDrama
The film takes place in Skopje in the summer of 1963, just before the catastrophic earthquake.
The Rebelion of the DollsThe Rebelion of the Dolls · 1957
The Rebelion of the Dolls
★ 5.51957
MovieDramaFamily
A wonderfully playful and symbolic manifestation of the spirit of childhood can be found in Dimitrie Osmanli’s short fiction debut. The film follows a little girl with her doll who meets a neighbourhood boy with his tank; after her doll is damaged we are invited into a surreal dream where dolls rise up against the boy and their face resembles the little girl he hurt. The rebellion of the dolls signifies a rebellion against the boy’s malice and essentially against his refusal to be like a child. The dream yields fruit: on waking up, the boy, grateful to be alive, has joy restored in his heart and runs to makes amends with the little girl. The Rebelion of the Dolls renders the concept of rebellion as an internal event: an uprising of the conscience against the spirit of cruelty and disobedience and as a lesson to the little boy shows true conscience restored in the spirit of gentleness.

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MementoMemento · 1967
Memento
★ 6.51967
MovieDrama
A day before the earthquake in Skopje, Wily Muller, a German conductor, while passing through the concert meets a young girl Jana, a student from Skopje. After several years they meet again at the "Solidarity Meetings" event, which is held in Skopje, where Wily Muller is a conductor at a concert held on that occasion. Those several days, spent together with the conductor, for Jana mean fulfillment with a kind of reminiscence of her family tragedy experienced during Skopje's earthquake, and also a wondering and search for a way of starting life again, which stopped on the day of the earthquake. Although the possibility of going with Muller is very attractive, Jana stays in Skopje. Her place is beside the young man whom she loves and belongs to, with whom she is related with true love...

Director

The Rebelion of the DollsThe Rebelion of the Dolls · 1957
The Rebelion of the Dolls
★ 5.51957
MovieDramaFamily
A wonderfully playful and symbolic manifestation of the spirit of childhood can be found in Dimitrie Osmanli’s short fiction debut. The film follows a little girl with her doll who meets a neighbourhood boy with his tank; after her doll is damaged we are invited into a surreal dream where dolls rise up against the boy and their face resembles the little girl he hurt. The rebellion of the dolls signifies a rebellion against the boy’s malice and essentially against his refusal to be like a child. The dream yields fruit: on waking up, the boy, grateful to be alive, has joy restored in his heart and runs to makes amends with the little girl. The Rebelion of the Dolls renders the concept of rebellion as an internal event: an uprising of the conscience against the spirit of cruelty and disobedience and as a lesson to the little boy shows true conscience restored in the spirit of gentleness.

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