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Ivo Gregurević
Ivo Gregurević (; 7 October 1952 – 1 January 2019) was a Croatian film, theatre and television actor. Throughout over a quarter of a century, Gregurević played rural bullies and arrogant nouveau riche and became one of Croatia's best known and most lauded character actors. Biography Born in the village of Donja Mahala, Ivo was the child of Marko and Jela Gregurević. He graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art, and has worked in over 90 movies and television programs since the late 1970s; in particular, he acted in almost all of Croatian movies after gaining independence in 1991. He also had few starring roles, best known being in 1991 film '' Čaruga''. Croatian film director Snježana Tribuson has stated that she had intentionally cast Gregurević in almost all of her movies. Besides movie roles, he made the successful appearances in popular Croatian TV series, '' Velo misto'', playing the Netjak, and Marko Kosmički in '' Odmori se, zaslužio si''. He has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donja Mahala
Donja Mahala ( sr-Cyrl, Доња Махала) is a village in the municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ... of Orašje, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Demographics In the 1991 census it had a population of 4,273. According to the 2013 census, its population was 3,702. References Populated places in Orašje {{PosavinaCanton-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pula Film Festival
Pula Film Festival ( hr, Pulski filmski festival) is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held in the summer, in July or August. Apart from film screenings open to the public, the annual Croatian film industry awards are also traditionally presented at the festival. The awards presented at the festival (called Golden Arenas) are the main national film awards in the country, and they serve as the Croatian equivalent of the American Academy Awards. The festival was originally started in 1954 and within a few years it became the centerpiece event of the Yugoslav film industry, with the first national awards being presented in 1957. This lasted until 1991, when the festival was cancelled due to the breakup of Yugoslavia, only to resume in 1992 as the Croatian film awards festival. It has been held every year since (with the exception of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Voltage (1981 Film)
''High Voltage'' (''Visoki napon'') is a Croatian film directed by Veljko Bulajić. It was released in 1981. External links * Visoki naponat the Croatian State Archives The Croatian State Archives ( hr, Hrvatski državni arhiv) are the national archives of Croatia located in its capital, Zagreb. The history of the state archives can be traced back to the 17th century. There are also regional state archives loca ... 1981 films Croatian romantic drama films 1980s Croatian-language films Yugoslav romantic drama films Films directed by Veljko Bulajić Films set in Zagreb Films set in the 1940s {{Croatia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Homeland
''Lost Homeland'' ( hr, Izgubljeni zavičaj) is a 1980 Croatian film directed by Ante Babaja. It is based on Slobodan Novak Ante Slobodan Novak (3 November 1924 – 25 July 2016) was a Croatian writer and novelist. He is best known for his novel ''Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh'' (1968), often listed as one of the best Croatian novels of the 20th century. Biography N ...'s novel of the same name. In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made. References External links * 1980 films Croatian war drama films 1980s Croatian-language films Yugoslav war drama films Films directed by Ante Babaja Films based on Croatian novels Films set on islands {{Croatia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowstorm (film)
''Snowstorm'' (''Mećava'') is a 1977 Croatian film directed by Antun Vrdoljak Antun Vrdoljak (; born 5 June 1931) is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he becam .... It is based on a play of the same name by . References External links * 1977 films 1970s Croatian-language films Croatian films based on plays Croatian drama films Films based on works by Croatian writers 1977 drama films Yugoslav drama films Jadran Film films {{Croatia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don't Lean Out The Window
''Don't Lean Out the Window'' ( sh, Ne naginji se van), is a 1977 Yugoslav drama film directed by Bogdan Žižić. The film won two Golden Arena awards at the 1977 Pula Film Festival, for Best Film and for Best Supporting Actress (Mira Banjac). Plot Filip, a young man from the Dalmatian hinterland, goes to Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , "Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its na ... looking for a job. He is enticed by the example of his compatriot Mate, who Filip believes made a fortune working in Germany. Upon his arrival in Frankfurt, he is unable to get in touch with Mate, so he takes a black market construction job working under Čikeš, a corrupt boss. He gets injured in a work accident, and experiences a series of discouraging setbacks. While his spirits are lifted by a romantic relationship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Nazor Award
The Vladimir Nazor Award ( hr, Nagrada Vladimir Nazor) is a Croatian prize for arts and culture established in 1959 and awarded every year by the Ministry of Culture. Named after the writer Vladimir Nazor (1876–1949), the prize is awarded to Croatian artists for achievements in six different fields of art and culture, and in each category every year two separate prizes are awarded - one for life achievement (for overall contributions to their respective field), and another one, commonly referred to as the "annual award", for a single piece of outstanding work in the field created over the previous 12 months. The winners for the preceding year are usually announced around 19 June, the anniversary of Nazor's death, with prizes handed to recipients in an official ceremony usually held in July. List of Life Achievement Award winners Awards marked with † denote shared wins. Source: Architecture and urbanism * 1965 – Mladen Kauzlarić * 1966 – Juraj Denzler * 1967 – St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reaper (2014 Film)
''The Reaper'' ( hr, Kosac) is a 2014 Croatian-Slovenian drama film directed by Zvonimir Jurić. It was selected to be screened in the Contemporary World Cinema section at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Cast * Ivo Gregurević as Ivo * Mirjana Karanovic as Mirjana * Igor Kovac as Josip * Nikola Ristanovski as Kreso * Lana Baric * Zlatko Buric as Rodic * Dado Cosic Dado may refer to: Architecture and joinery * Dado (architecture), an architectural term for the lower part of a wall * Dado rail, a type of moulding fixed at mid-height horizontally to the wall * Dado (joinery), a woodworking joint ** Dado set ... as Dado References Further reading * External links * 2014 films 2014 drama films Croatian drama films 2010s Croatian-language films Slovenian drama films {{Slovenia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Iva Recorded
''What Iva Recorded'' ( hr, Što je Iva snimila 21. listopada 2003., ''What Iva Recorded On 21 October 2003'') is a 2005 Croatian comedy-drama film directed by Tomislav Radić. The plot is told from the perspective of a camcorder, the birthday present of Iva, a teenage girl played by Masha Mati Prodan in her film debut, leading to a mockumentary-style footage. The film was very well received by critics, winning five awards, including the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival. It was seen as a welcome change, compared to Radić's previous work. Plot Iva (Mati Prodan) lives in a middle-class family in Zagreb, Croatia. She receives a digital camcorder as a present for her 14th birthday, which she uses to film the events in the family apartment during the rest of the day. The film is shown from the perspective of her camcorder. Her mother, Željka (Šovagović-Despot), is a perfectionist housewife who deals with her problems by drinking. Božo (Gregurević), Iva's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fine Dead Girls
''Fine Dead Girls'' ( hr, Fine mrtve djevojke; also distributed internationally as ''Nice Dead Girls'') is a 2002 Croatian drama film that premiered in July 2002, at the Pula Film Festival. The film has been named one of the best Croatian films since Croatia's independence. It caught much attention due to its controversial, provocative themes. Plot Iva (Olga Pakalović) and Marija (Nina Violić), a lesbian couple, rent an apartment in Zagreb in a building that seems to provide a quiet and safe environment for their love, but over time the atmosphere in the building becomes more and more threatening. The elder landlady Olga (Inge Appelt) dominates the building. Other tenants include her calm husband, her grown-up son Daniel (Krešimir Mikić) who has a crush on Iva, the prostitute Lidija (Jadranka Đokić), an abused housewife, a widower keeping the corpse of his newly deceased wife, a gynecologist (Boris Miholjević) performing abortions in one flat of the house, and an ex-sold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
