Krsto Škanata

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Krsto Škanata

Krsto Škanata was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, born in Tivat on 12 January 1924. In a career spanning 40 years, he directed over 40 documentaries, among which many were included in the anthologies of the documentary genre. His films were victims of frequent bans by the Yugoslav government. He died on 18 February 2017 in Belgrade.

Known For

God and CroatsGod and Croats · 1993
God and Croats
1993
MovieDocumentary
The film dedicated to the victims of the Ustasha genocide from 1941-1945. It shows the rise and fall of Independent State of Croatia during second World War as well as genocide that happened during this regime.
The ArrivalThe Arrival · 1965
The Arrival
7.51965
MovieDocumentary
"UIjez" shows the events in the then Kosovo, that is, the process of industrialization and modernization that symbolizes the arrival of excavators and other construction machinery.
LovćenLovćen · 1996
Lovćen
1996
MovieDocumentary
The movie shows the demolition of the old chapel on Jezerski vrh on Lovćen where the Montenegrin bishop Petar Petrović Njegoš was buried, and the subsequent construction of today's Njegoš mausoleum. The film was completed in the 1970s, but it was not available to the public, it was banned and it ended up in a bunker until the beginning of the 1990s, when it was shown on the Radio Television of Serbia.
A Vampire's NostalgiaA Vampire's Nostalgia · 1968
A Vampire's Nostalgia
5.81968
MovieDocumentary
About a domestic traitor who helped the Italians kill his fellow Dalmatians.
Communists of YugoslaviaCommunists of Yugoslavia · 1975
Communists of Yugoslavia
9.01975
MovieDocumentary
Documentary movie about the Communists of Yugoslavia.
MosevacMosevac · 1988
Mosevac
1988
MovieDocumentary
Residents of the village of Moševac near Maglaj replaced the local officials due to embezzlement and elected two young men, Dževad and Hasan, as leaders of the local community. But the bureaucracy has not been defeated, it does not recognize the democratically elected youth.
TitoTito · 1977
Tito
10.01977
MovieDocumentary
Documentary about Josip Broz Tito, made when he was still alive and ruling Yugoslavia.
Great CenturyGreat Century · 1958
Great Century
8.01958
MovieDocumentary
Documentary by Krsto Skanata.

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