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It Was Not In Vain
''It Was Not in Vain'' ( hr, Nije bilo uzalud) is a 1957 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Nikola Tanhofer. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Boris Buzančić * Mira Nikolić * Mia Oremović * Zlata Perlić * Zvonimir Rogoz * Vjera Simić * Ivan Šubić * Ljuba Tadić (as Ljubo Tadić) * 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 beca ... * Mladen Šerment References External links * 1957 films 1957 drama films Serbo-Croatian-language films Yugoslav black-and-white films Films directed by Nikola Tanhofer Jadran Film films 1957 directorial debut films Yugoslav drama films Films set in Yugoslavia {{Yugoslavia-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikola Tanhofer
Nikola Tanhofer (; 25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Croatian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His first film as director, '' It Was Not in Vain'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.> His most accomplished film, '' H-8'' (1958), won him a Golden Arena award at the Pula Film Festival. After two less successful films, the psychological war drama ''Osma vrata'' (1959) and ''Sreća dolazi u 9'' (1961), the first Yugoslavian feature film with fantastical elements, he directed two somewhat more successful ones, ''Dvostruki obruč'' (1963) and ''Svanuće'' (1964). After directing ''Bablje ljeto'' (1970), he devoted himself to teaching at the Department for Film and Television Cinematography, which he founded in 1969 at the former Academy For Theater, Film And Television in Zagreb. He wrote ''Filmska fotografija'' (''Film Photography'') in 1981. Filmography * ''Plavi 9 ''The Blue 9'' (''Plavi 9'') is a 1950 Croatian football ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljuba Tadić
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Љуба Тадић; 31 May 1929 – 28 October 2005) was a Yugoslav actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. Biography He made his screen debut in 1953, but his first truly memorable role was in the 1957 film ''It Was Not in Vain, Nije bilo uzalud''. In this film, like in many others, he played the villain, but he turned out to be the most memorable character. Later he built on this reputation and continued to play important historical and larger-than-life characters. Tadić also made history by uttering an obscenity in one of the final scenes of 1964 World War I epic ''Marš na Drinu'', which was the first such instance in the history of former Yugoslav cinema. Selected filmography Notes References * External links * 1929 births 2005 deaths People from Ferizaj Serbian male actors Serbian male television actors Serbian male film actors Serbian male s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Directorial Debut Films
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadran Film Films
Jadran means the Adriatic Sea in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene. It may also refer to: Ships * ''Jadran'' (ship) (built 1931), a Montenegrin Navy training ship * MS Jadran (built 1957), a former passenger ship, converted into Captain John's Harbour Boat Restaurant * MV ''Jadran'' (built 2012), a ferry operated by Croatian shipping company Jadrolinija Sports *NK Jadran Dekani, a Slovenian association football club * NK Jadran Poreč, a Croatian association football club * NK Jadran Kaštel Sućurac, a football club in Croatia * NK Jadran Luka Ploče, a football club in Croatia *PVK Jadran, a water polo club from Herceg Novi, Montenegro Other *Jadran Film, a Croatian film production company *TV Jadran, a Croatian television station * Koser KB-3 Jadran, a Yugoslavian sailplane *Jadran or Zadran tribe, a Pashtun group * Jadran (cigarette), a Croatia , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = "L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Nikola Tanhofer
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Black-and-white Films
Yugoslav or Yugoslavian may refer to: * Yugoslavia, or any of the three historic states carrying that name: ** Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a European monarchy which existed 1918–1945 (officially called "Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes" 1918–1929) ** Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or SFR Yugoslavia, a federal republic which succeeded the monarchy and existed 1945–1992 ** Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, or FR Yugoslavia, a new federal state formed by two successor republics of SFR Yugoslavia established in 1992 and renamed "Serbia and Montenegro" in 2003 before its dissolution in 2006 * Yugoslav government-in-exile, an official government of Yugoslavia, headed by King Peter II * Yugoslav Counter-Intelligence Service * Yugoslav Inter-Republic League * Yugoslav Social-Democratic Party, a political party in Slovenia and Istria during the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia * Serbo-Croatian language, proposed in 1861 and rejected as the legal name of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Drama Films
1957 (Roman numerals, MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday, common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and ''Anno Domini'' (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade. Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having ''handled the ball'', in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Films
The year 1957 in film involved some significant events. ''The Bridge on the River Kwai'' topped the year's box office in North America, France, and Germany, and won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1957 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1957 films in various countries. Events * February 1 – RKO ceases domestic distribution of feature films which is taken over by Universal Pictures. * May – Ingmar Bergman's ''The Seventh Seal'' wins the Special Jury Prize at the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. * June 6 – Jerry Lewis appears in his first film without Dean Martin in ''The Delicate Delinquent''. * June – United Artists rejoins the Motion Picture Association of America, following an expansion of the MPAA code appeals board members. The board had previously denied ''The Man With the Golden Arm'' a Production Code seal in 1955, leading UA to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mladen Šerment
Mladen () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic root ''mlad'' (, ), meaning "young". It is present in Bulgarian, Serbian, and Croatian society since the Middle Ages. Notable people with the name include: * Mladen (vojvoda) ( 1323–26), Serbian magnate * * Mladen Bartolović, Bosnian footballer * Mladen Dolar, Slovenian philosopher * Mladen Erjavec, Croatian basketball coach * Mladen Krstajić, Serbian footballer * Mladen Milicevic, composer of music * Mladen Petrić, Croatian footballer * Mladen Plakalović, Bosnian cross-country skier * Mladen Rudonja, Slovenian footballer * Mladen Šekularac, Montenegrin basketball player * Mladen George Sekulovich, American actor best known as Karl Malden * Mladen Solomun, Bosnian-born German DJ and producer best known as Solomun * Mladen Stanev, Bulgarian conductor and chorus master * Mladen Stojanović, Bosnian Serb leader of Yugoslav Partisans * Mladen Vasilev, Bulgarian footballer * Mladen Vladojević ( 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 became involved in politics and became a prominent member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), which led to his appointment to a series of offices. He was director general of Croatian Radiotelevision (1991–1995), and president of the Croatian Olympic Committee (1991–2000). Life Born in Imotski, Vrdoljak studied acting at the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art. His acting debut was in a 1957 film ''It Was Not in Vain'' by Nikola Tanhofer. In 1958, he appeared in Tanhofer's best known film H-8 to much critical acclaim. In the late 1960s, Vrdoljak gradually switched to film directing. Following the events of the Croatian Spring (1968–71), Vrdoljak became associated with Croatian nationalism. Authorities nevertheless allowed him to contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Šubić
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
