Zvonimir Torjanac

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Charuga (1991)

This film is based on the true story about Jovan Stanisavljevic alias Charuga, the bandit who became a legend in post-WW1 Slavonia, Croatia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rajko Grlić
CAST:  Ivo Gregurević  •  Davor Janjić  •  Branka Trlin-Matula  •  Branislav Lečić

This film is based on the true story about Jovan Stanisavljevic alias Charuga, the bandit who became a legend in post-WW1 Slavonia, Croatia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rajko Grlić
CAST:  Ivo Gregurević  •  Davor Janjić  •  Branka Trlin-Matula  •  Branislav Lečić

Night Boats (2012)

Seventy-year-old teenagers running away from home. They are not running away from their parents, they are running away from the inevitable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Mirković
CAST:  Ana Karić  •  Radko Polič  •  Renata Ulmanski  •  Lana Barić

Seventy-year-old teenagers running away from home. They are not running away from their parents, they are running away from the inevitable.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Igor Mirković
CAST:  Ana Karić  •  Radko Polič  •  Renata Ulmanski  •  Lana Barić

Guardian of the Frontier (2002)

A canoe trip down the river Kolpa becomes a journey of discovery for three female students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maja Weiss
CAST:  Jan Hadžić  •  Iva Krajnc Bagola  •  Tanja Potočnik  •  Pia Zemljič

A canoe trip down the river Kolpa becomes a journey of discovery for three female students.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maja Weiss
CAST:  Jan Hadžić  •  Iva Krajnc Bagola  •  Tanja Potočnik  •  Pia Zemljič

The Four Seasons (1979)

The film is an omnibus consisting of three stories - "Usvojenje", "Ferije" and "Probni rok". We follow fragments of the lives of young girls from a social institution for children and young adults without parents. In the first story, a wealthy young couple wants to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petar Krelja
CAST:  Boris Buzančić  •  Vanja Drach  •  Marija Fabris  •  Tatjana Ivko

The film is an omnibus consisting of three stories - "Usvojenje", "Ferije" and "Probni rok". We follow fragments of the lives of young girls from a social institution for children and young adults without parents. In the first story, a wealthy young couple wants to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Petar Krelja
CAST:  Boris Buzančić  •  Vanja Drach  •  Marija Fabris  •  Tatjana Ivko

A Man Who Liked Funerals (1989)

Filip lives in the small town of Samobor, which is near Zagreb. He works in the local library as a librarian. Even though he moved to the small town many years ago, he still misses the bustle of life in Zagreb. However, his boring routine is interrupted by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Tadić
CAST:  Ivica Vidović  •  Gordana Gadžić  •  Vlatko Dulić  •  Rade Šerbedžija

Filip lives in the small town of Samobor, which is near Zagreb. He works in the local library as a librarian. Even though he moved to the small town many years ago, he still misses the bustle of life in Zagreb. However, his boring routine is interrupted by the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Tadić
CAST:  Ivica Vidović  •  Gordana Gadžić  •  Vlatko Dulić  •  Rade Šerbedžija

Bloodsuckers (1989)

The streets of Zagreb are empty because of a rumored vampire who attacks lonely women. To the office of psychiatrist, Franjo Glogowetz, there arrives a strange visitor, Teobald Majer. He is convinced that he is a vampire from the 16th century, and tells Franz that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dejan Šorak
CAST:  Danilo Lazović  •  Ksenija Marinković  •  Maro Martinović  •  Semka Sokolović-Bertok

The streets of Zagreb are empty because of a rumored vampire who attacks lonely women. To the office of psychiatrist, Franjo Glogowetz, there arrives a strange visitor, Teobald Majer. He is convinced that he is a vampire from the 16th century, and tells Franz that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dejan Šorak
CAST:  Danilo Lazović  •  Ksenija Marinković  •  Maro Martinović  •  Semka Sokolović-Bertok

Violet (1978)

Ljubica is a middle-aged woman who lives in Zagreb and works as an audio pedagogue with deaf-mute children. She herself has a small child, while her husband she hardly communicates to, works in Germany. Coincidentally, she starts an affair with Zlatko, a much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krešimir Golik
CAST:  Božidarka Frajt  •  Ivan Stančić  •  Relja Bašić  •  Miodrag Krivokapić

Ljubica is a middle-aged woman who lives in Zagreb and works as an audio pedagogue with deaf-mute children. She herself has a small child, while her husband she hardly communicates to, works in Germany. Coincidentally, she starts an affair with Zlatko, a much ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krešimir Golik
CAST:  Božidarka Frajt  •  Ivan Stančić  •  Relja Bašić  •  Miodrag Krivokapić

The Convicted (1987)

Upon his release from prison, a convict kidnaps the judge, the public prosecutor and three more people with the help of his inmate on conditional release, and takes them to his uncle's farm in an abandoned village. The duo has different plans of what to do with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Tadić
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Sonja Savić  •  Ivo Gregurević  •  Mira Furlan

Upon his release from prison, a convict kidnaps the judge, the public prosecutor and three more people with the help of his inmate on conditional release, and takes them to his uncle's farm in an abandoned village. The duo has different plans of what to do with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Tadić
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Sonja Savić  •  Ivo Gregurević  •  Mira Furlan

Sokol Did Not Love Him (1988)

The story begins in a small rural village in Ladimirevci, Eastern Croatia in 1943, where a land owner Sima is helping the Partisan Movement and the official Ustasha regime in order to save the life of his son Beneš, who is enlisted in the German army. Sima doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Branko Schmidt
CAST:  Fabijan Šovagović  •  Filip Šovagović  •  Krunoslav Šarić  •  Ivo Gregurević

The story begins in a small rural village in Ladimirevci, Eastern Croatia in 1943, where a land owner Sima is helping the Partisan Movement and the official Ustasha regime in order to save the life of his son Beneš, who is enlisted in the German army. Sima doesn't ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Branko Schmidt
CAST:  Fabijan Šovagović  •  Filip Šovagović  •  Krunoslav Šarić  •  Ivo Gregurević

Officer with a Rose (1987)

It is 1945 in Zagreb, and everyone is settling into the new regime following the disturbances of the war. Matilda is a wealthy widow of a war hero and has an apartment so spacious that she is required to take a boarder. Fortunately for her, the handsome young Lt. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dejan Šorak
CAST:  Ksenija Pajić  •  Žarko Laušević  •  Dragana Mrkić  •  Vicko Ruić

It is 1945 in Zagreb, and everyone is settling into the new regime following the disturbances of the war. Matilda is a wealthy widow of a war hero and has an apartment so spacious that she is required to take a boarder. Fortunately for her, the handsome young Lt. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dejan Šorak
CAST:  Ksenija Pajić  •  Žarko Laušević  •  Dragana Mrkić  •  Vicko Ruić

Fliers of the Open Skies (1977)

Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marijan Arhanić
CAST:  Boris Dvornik  •  Jasna Ivić  •  Zvonko Lepetić  •  Ramiz Pašić

Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marijan Arhanić
CAST:  Boris Dvornik  •  Jasna Ivić  •  Zvonko Lepetić  •  Ramiz Pašić

King of Endings (1987)

Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Visnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and Branko feels much closer to his mistress than to his wife. One day Kralj and Visnja travel on a half empty train. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Živorad Tomić
CAST:  Irfan Mensur  •  Ena Begović  •  Vladislava Milosavljević  •  Milan Štrljić

Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Visnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and Branko feels much closer to his mistress than to his wife. One day Kralj and Visnja travel on a half empty train. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Živorad Tomić
CAST:  Irfan Mensur  •  Ena Begović  •  Vladislava Milosavljević  •  Milan Štrljić

The Sunken Cemetery (2002)

Ivan, in his early forties, returns, after many years of absence to his native town - a typical Middle - European small town in Northern of Croatia. His roaming through Europe left him in a rather distraught state and he is now in search for his identity and peace ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mladen Juran
CAST:  Sven Medvešek  •  Barbara Nola  •  Jiří Menzel  •  Božidar Smiljanić

Ivan, in his early forties, returns, after many years of absence to his native town - a typical Middle - European small town in Northern of Croatia. His roaming through Europe left him in a rather distraught state and he is now in search for his identity and peace ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mladen Juran
CAST:  Sven Medvešek  •  Barbara Nola  •  Jiří Menzel  •  Božidar Smiljanić

Journalist (1979)

Stressful life of a journalist in the former Yugoslavia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fadil Hadžić
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Fabijan Šovagović  •  Stevo Žigon  •  Mladen Budiščak

Stressful life of a journalist in the former Yugoslavia.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fadil Hadžić
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Fabijan Šovagović  •  Stevo Žigon  •  Mladen Budiščak

The Secret of Nikola Tesla (1980)

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krsto Papić
CAST:  Petar Božović  •  Strother Martin  •  Orson Welles  •  Dennis Patrick

Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krsto Papić
CAST:  Petar Božović  •  Strother Martin  •  Orson Welles  •  Dennis Patrick

Cervantes from the Small Town (1982)

'Malo Misto' lives its own life, but not far behind the times. Hotel manager Roko Prč strives to organise tourism, so he introduces the first nudist beach. His wife Anđa brings two of her cousins from the Dalmatian hinterland and demands Roko to hire them. One of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danijel Marušić
CAST:  Ivica Vidović  •  Boris Dvornik  •  Karlo Bulić  •  Asja Kisić

'Malo Misto' lives its own life, but not far behind the times. Hotel manager Roko Prč strives to organise tourism, so he introduces the first nudist beach. His wife Anđa brings two of her cousins from the Dalmatian hinterland and demands Roko to hire them. One of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Danijel Marušić
CAST:  Ivica Vidović  •  Boris Dvornik  •  Karlo Bulić  •  Asja Kisić

High Voltage (1981)

After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. Because there aren't enough experts and materials in Yugoslavia, the factory ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veljko Bulajić
CAST:  Božidarka Frajt  •  Vanja Drach  •  Milan Štrljić  •  Ljubiša Samardžić

After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. Because there aren't enough experts and materials in Yugoslavia, the factory ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Veljko Bulajić
CAST:  Božidarka Frajt  •  Vanja Drach  •  Milan Štrljić  •  Ljubiša Samardžić

Don't Give in, Flockey! (1986)

A stray dog tries to find suitable boss in a newly-built city resort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Tadić
CAST:  Mladen Crnobrnja  •  Jagoda Kralj  •  Mario Vuk  •  Franjo Majetić

A stray dog tries to find suitable boss in a newly-built city resort.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zoran Tadić
CAST:  Mladen Crnobrnja  •  Jagoda Kralj  •  Mario Vuk  •  Franjo Majetić

Ante Returns Home (2001)

Ante is a village fella who arrives in Zagreb to study at the faculty of forestry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ognjen Sviličić
CAST:  Davor Svedružić  •  Josip Zovko  •  Mia Begović  •  Dražen Kuhn

Ante is a village fella who arrives in Zagreb to study at the faculty of forestry.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ognjen Sviličić
CAST:  Davor Svedružić  •  Josip Zovko  •  Mia Begović  •  Dražen Kuhn

Bombing Process (1978)

In 1928 young Communist activist was arrested and put on trial for anti-state activity. Years later he became known as Tito, Communist president of Yugoslavia, and this TV-movie was made for the 50th anniversary of those events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Branko Ivanda
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Miljenko Brlečić  •  Vanja Drach  •  Vlatko Dulić

In 1928 young Communist activist was arrested and put on trial for anti-state activity. Years later he became known as Tito, Communist president of Yugoslavia, and this TV-movie was made for the 50th anniversary of those events.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Branko Ivanda
CAST:  Rade Šerbedžija  •  Miljenko Brlečić  •  Vanja Drach  •  Vlatko Dulić
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