''Kozara'' is a 1962
Yugoslav film directed by
Veljko Bulajić
Veljko Bulajić (born 22 March 1928) is a Montenegrin film director and UNESCO Kalinga Prize recipient. He has spent the majority of his life working in Croatia and is primarily known for directing World War II-themed movies from the Partisan f ...
. It is a well known film of the
partisan film
Partisan film ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, partizanski film, партизански филм) is the name for a subgenre of war films made in FPR/SFR Yugoslavia during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. In the broadest sense, main characteristics of Partisan films ar ...
subgenre popular in Yugoslavia in the 1960s and 1970s and depicts events surrounding the
Battle of Kozara.
It won the
Big Golden Arena for Best Film
The Golden Arena awards were established in 1955 as the Yugoslav national film awards presented annually at the Pula Film Festival in Pula, Croatia, with the Big Golden Arena for Best Film its main prize. From 1955 to 1990 the awards were the Yu ...
at the 1962
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 ...
, the Yugoslav national film awards,
was entered into the
3rd Moscow International Film Festival
The 3rd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1963. The Grand Prix was awarded to the Italian film ''8½'' directed by Federico Fellini.
Jury
* Grigori Chukhrai (USSR - President of the Jury)
* Shaken Ajmanov (USSR)
* S ...
where it won a Golden Prize,
and was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards.
Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
at the
32nd Academy Awards
The 32nd Academy Awards ceremony was held on April 4, 1960 at the RKO Pantages Theatre, to honor the films of 1959.
William Wyler's Bible epic '' Ben-Hur'' won 11 Oscars, breaking the record of nine set the previous year by '' Gigi''. This t ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Bert Sotlar
Bert Sotlar (1921–1992) was a Yugoslav film actor. He starred in the 1959 German film ''Dorothea Angermann''.Alpi p.249
Selected filmography
* ''The House on the Coast'' (1954)
* ''Three Quarters of a Sun'' (1959)
* ''Dorothea Angermann
''Doro ...
as Vuksa
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Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović as Sorga (as Bata Zivojinovic)
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Milena Dravić
Milena Dravić ( sr-Cyrl, Милена Дравић, ; 5 October 1940 – 14 October 2018) was a Yugoslav and Serbian film, television and theatre actress.
Biography
Born in Belgrade, Dravić became involved with performing arts at the age of fou ...
as Milja
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Olivera Marković as Andja
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Dragomir Felba
Dragomir Felba ( sr-cyr, Драгомир Фелба; 7 July 1921 – 13 July 2006) was a Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe, s ...
as Obrad
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Ljubiša Samardžić
Ljubiša Samardžić ( sr-cyr, Љубиша Самарџић; 19 November 1936 – 8 September 2017), nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian actor and director, best known as Šurda in the ''Vruć vetar'' TV series, and Inspector Boško Simić in the come ...
as Mitar
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Mihajlo Kostić-Pljaka as Ahmet (as Mihajlo Kostić)
* as Ivica
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Abdurrahman Shala as Jakov (as Abdurahman Salja)
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Davor Antolić as Joja
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Tana Mascarelli as Marinko's mother (as Tana Maskareli)
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Tamara Miletić as Zlata
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Adam Vedernjak as Marinko
See also
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References
External links
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''Kozara''at Filmski-Programi.hr
1962 films
1962 drama films
Serbo-Croatian-language films
Films directed by Veljko Bulajić
Partisan films
Yugoslav black-and-white films
World War II films based on actual events
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