Krsto Papić (7 December 1933 – 7 February 2013) was a Croatian screenwriter and film director whose career spanned over five decades. He is generally considered among the best directors of former

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and the only director from Croatia that can be counted among the

Yugoslav Black Wave Yugoslav Black Wave (also referred to as Black Wave; or sh-Latn-Cyrl, label=none, separator=" / ", Crni talas, Црни талас) is a blanket term for a Yugoslav film movement of the 1960s and early 1970s. Notable directors include Dušan M ...

Biography

Papić was born in

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, near

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in today's Montenegro. His early feature films and documentaries were part of Croatian and Yugoslav New Cinema, and often regarded as Croatian echo of the Black Wave artistic movement that mostly took place within Serbia. Additionally, Papić himself was connected to the Croatian Spring political movement during the early 1970s. He was the member of the

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filmophile circle influenced by the French New Wave, so-called "

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ians", along with film-makers and critics Ante Peterlić,

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and centered on film critics Vladimir Vuković and Hrvoje Lisinski. Papić's two best-known early feature films, ''Lisice'' and ''Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj'', were often attacked from the government sources. ''Lisice'' did not get permission to represent Yugoslavia in the Cannes Film Festival, so it entered Quinzaine program in 1970. ''Izbavitelj'' was heavily criticised by

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, who alluded that film's allegory about

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actually also refers to the

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. Papić's subsequent feature films were more classical in its narration, but again politically controversial in the last decade of Yugoslavia. Particularly ''

My Uncle's Legacy ''Život sa stricem'' (My Uncle's Legacy) is a 1988 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Krsto Papić, starring Davor Janjić, Alma Prica, Miodrag Krivokapić, Branislav Lečić, Anica Dobra and Ivo Gregurević. It is based on ''Okvir za mržnju'', ...

'', critical picture of

's political situation under

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during

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, which was nominated for Golden Globe in 1989, has been surrounded by controversy and political attacks from traditional Party circles and especially Partisan Veterans' organisations, so the production was delayed for couple of years, but achieved due to support of intellectuals, newspapers and Party fractions in the time of disolvement and fight among Party fractions in last years of the Yugoslav federation. Papić was awarded with Croatia's highest Vladimir Nazor Award for live achievement in cinema in 2006, and with Grand Prix Special des Amériques (for exceptional contribution to the cinematographic art) in 2004. He died in Zagreb on 7 February 2013 after a battle with stomach cancer, aged 79.

Filmography

*1965 – '' The Key'' (''Ključ'') – An omnibus film with sections directed by Vanča Kljaković, Krsto Papić and

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 ...

; Papić's segment is titled ''Waiting'' (''Čekati''). *1967 – ''

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'' (''Iluzija'') *1969 – ''

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'' (''Lisice'') – entered

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*1973 – '' A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja'' (''Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja'' – entered official selection of the Berlin Film Festival *1976 – ''

The Rat Savior ''The Rat Saviour'' ( hr, Izbavitelj) is a 1976 Croatian fantasy horror film directed by Krsto Papić. It was released in 1976, but won Best Film at the 1980 Paris Festival and 1982 Fantasporto. The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for th ...

'' (''Izbavitelj'') – also known as "The Redeemer" - first prize at the Trieste International Science Fiction Film Festival in 1977 and at

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in 1982 *1980 – ''

The Secret of Nikola Tesla ''The Secret of Nikola Tesla'' ( sh, Tajna Nikole Tesle), is a 1980 Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav biographical film which dramatizes events in the life of the Serbian-American engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. This somewhat fictionalized portra ...

'' (''Tajna Nikole Tesle'') – in English language *1988 – ''

'' (''Život sa stricem'') – nominated for the Golden Globe Award (Best Foreign Language Film) *1991 – ''

Story from Croatia ''Story from Croatia'' ( hr, Priča iz Hrvatske; also distributed internationally as ''Idaho Potato'', after the English-named rock band led by the film's protagonist) is a 1991 Croatian film directed by Krsto Papić. It was Croatia's submission ...

'' (''Priča iz Hrvatske'') – also known under distributor's title ''Idaho Potato'' *1999 – ''

When the Dead Start Singing ''When the Dead Start Singing'' ( hr, Kad mrtvi zapjevaju) is a Croatian feature film directed by Krsto Papić. It was released in 1998. Cast *Ivo Gregurević – Cinco Kapulica *Ivica Vidović – Marinko *Mirjana Majurec – Maca Kapulica *Ksen ...

'' (''Kad mrtvi zapjevaju'') *2003 – ''

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'' (''Infekcija'') – remake of ''The Redeemer'' *2012– '' Flower Square'' (''Cvjetni trg'')

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Papic, Krsto 1933 births 2013 deaths Montenegrin film directors Croatian film directors Vladimir Nazor Award winners Golden Arena for Best Director winners People from Nikšić Yugoslav film directors Deaths from stomach cancer Deaths from cancer in Croatia Croatian documentary filmmakers