Ivan "Ivo" Brešan (27 May 1936 – 3 January 2017)
was a Croatian and Yugoslav playwright, novelist and screenwriter, known for
political satire
Political satire is satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics; it has also been used with subversive intent where Political discourse analysis, political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing ...
. His work included screenplays written with his son
Vinko.
Personal life
Born in
Vodice Vodice may refer to:
Croatia
*Vodice, Croatia, a town and municipality in Šibenik-Knin County
*Vodice, Cres, a village on Cres
Czech Republic
*Vodice (Tábor District), a municipality and village in the South Bohemian Region
*Vodice, a village an ...
1936, Brešan attended
Antun Vrančić High School in Šibenik. He was married Croatian writer Jelena Godlar, a
Jew
Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""Th ...
of Slavonia native. In February 1964, she gave to birth their son
Vinko, today a film director. Ivo's wife Jelena died on 20 September 2016. He died after long and severe illness, on 3 January 2017 in Zagreb, aged 80.
Screenplays
* 1973 – ''
Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja''
* 1976 – ''
Izbavitelj''
* 1980 – ''
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
''The Secret of Nikola Tesla'' ( sh, Tajna Nikole Tesle), is a 1980 Yugoslav biographical film which dramatizes events in the life of the Serbian-American engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. This somewhat fictionalized portrayal of Tesla's life h ...
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* 1986 – ''
Obećana zemlja''
* 1989 – ''
Donator''
* 1996 – ''
How the War Started on My Island
''How the War Started on My Island'' ( hr, Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku) is a 1996 Croatian black comedy film directed by Vinko Brešan and starring Vlatko Dulić, Ljubomir Kerekeš, Ivan Brkić, Predrag Vušović, Ivica Vidović, Božid ...
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* 2000 – ''
Marshal Tito's Spirit ''Marshal Tito's Spirit'' ( hr, Maršal) is a 1999 Croatian film directed by Vinko Brešan. It was Croatia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Synopsis ...
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* 2004 – ''
Libertas
Libertas (Latin for 'liberty' or 'freedom', ) is the Roman goddess and personification of liberty. She became a politicised figure in the Late Republic, featured on coins supporting the populares faction, and later those of the assassins of Jul ...
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References
External links
*
Ivo Brešanat film.hr
1936 births
2017 deaths
Croatian novelists
Croatian male writers
Croatian dramatists and playwrights
Croatian screenwriters
Croatian satirists
Golden Arena winners
Male novelists
Vladimir Nazor Award winners
People from Šibenik-Knin County
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