''Nausikaya'' (''Nausikaja'') is a 1995 Croatian film directed, written and produced by
Vicko Ruić Vicko Ruić (born 1959) is a Croatian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Ruić graduated from the Acting Department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. His directorial debut, ''Nausikaya'' (1996), which Ruić also wrote and pro ...
. It is based on "The Spider", a horror short story by
Hanns Heinz Ewers
Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilo ...
. The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
69th Academy Awards
The 69th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 24, 1997, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremo ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Cast
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Nada Gačešić as Marija Slajner (as Nada Gacesic-Livakovic)
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Igor Serdar as Matija Remetin
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Maja Nekić
Maja can refer to:
Places
* Maja, Croatia, a village
* Maja, Banten, a subdistrict in Lebak Regency, Banten, Indonesia
** Maja railway station
* Maja, West Java, a subdistrict in Majalengka Regency, West Java, Indonesia
* Maja River, a tributar ...
as Nausikaja
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Mustafa Nadarević
Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian and Croatian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including ''The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), ''When Father ...
as Inspector Stevovic
See also
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References
External links
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1995 films
Serbo-Croatian-language films
Films based on short fiction
Croatian drama films
Films set in 1939
Films set in Zagreb
1995 directorial debut films
1995 drama films
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