''Occupation in 26 Pictures'' ( sh, Okupacija u 26 slika; also distributed internationally as ''Occupation in 26 Tableaux'') is a 1978 Yugoslavian
war film directed by
Lordan Zafranović. It was entered into the
1979 Cannes Film Festival
The 32nd Cannes Film Festival was held from 10 to 24 May 1979. The Palme d'Or went to ''Apocalypse Now'' by Francis Ford Coppola, which was screened as a work in progress, and '' Die Blechtrommel (The Tin Drum)'' by Volker Schlöndorff.
The fest ...
.
The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
51st Academy Awards
The 51st Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 1978 and took place on April 9, 1979, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 7:00 p.m. ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
It shows three friends just before
World War II in
Dubrovnik—Miho (a
Jew), Niko (a
Croat) and Toni (an
Italian)—who, during the war, undergo different fates. Toni joins the
Italian Blackshirts. Miho's family becomes a target of
persecution
Persecution is the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another individual or group. The most common forms are religious persecution, racism, and political persecution, though there is naturally some overlap between these term ...
. Niko's sister marries Toni in spite of her family's wishes. Niko after all joins the
Partisans.
Cast
*
Frano Lasić
Frano Lasić (born 12 November 1954) is a Croatian actor and pop singer.
Filmography
Television roles
* "Jack Holborn" (1982)
* "The Winds of War" (1983)
* " Kiklop" as Melkior Tresić (1983)
* "The Fortunate Pilgrim" as Dr. Eschen (1988 ...
as Niko
*
Milan Štrljić
Milan Štrljić (born 22 March 1952) is a Croatian actor and theatre director. He appeared in more than ninety films since 1972.
Personal life
Štrljić has a daughter Iva, who is also an actress, with his Serbian former wife Slavica.
Selected ...
as Toni
*
Tanja Poberžnik as Ane
*
Boris Kralj
Boris may refer to:
People
* Boris (given name), a male given name
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* Boris (surname)
* Boris I of Bulgaria (died 907), the first Christian ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire, canonized after his ...
as Baldo
*
Ivan Klemenc as Miho
*
Gordana Pavlov
Gordana () is a Slavic female first name, mostly used in Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Name is derived from Proto-Slavic ''*gъrdъ'' (''gȏrd'') meaning proud.
Notable ...
as Mara
*
Stevo Žigon
Štefan "Stevo" Žigon ( sr-cyr, Стево Жигон; 8 December 1926 – 28 December 2005) was a Yugoslav actor, theatre director, and writer.
Biography
His origins were primarily Italian. He was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, then part of the ...
as Hubička
*
Bert Sotlar as Stijepo
*
Marija Kohn
Marija Kohn (7 August 1934 – 16 July 2018) was a Croatian actress. as Luce
*
Karlo Bulić
Karlo Bulić (12 May 1910 – 19 October 1986) was a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films from 1947 to 1984. He is most famous for his lead role as Dotur Luigi in the legendary TV series '.
Selected filmography
References
Ex ...
as Paško
*
Zvonko Lepetić Zvonimir "Zvonko" Lepetić (17 November 1928 – 4 January 1991) was one of the leading character actors of Croatian and Yugoslav cinema and television.
Lepetić was born in Berane, Montenegro. Since 1939, he lived in Sarajevo, where he graduated f ...
as Gavran
*
Milan Erak as Maraš
*
Antun Nalis
Antun Nalis (9 February 1911 – 14 February 2000), a.k.a. Tonči Nalis, was a Croatian actor.
Antun Nalis was born in Zadar, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. After World War I Zadar became part of Italy, which later helped Nalis to ...
as Paolo
*
Tanja Bošković
Tanja Bošković ( sr-Cyrl, Тања Бошковић; born 27 June 1953) is a Serbian actress. She has performed in more than forty films since 1974.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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Serbian ...
as Pina
*
Izet Hajdarhodžić
Izet Hajdarhodžić (25 December 1929 – 12 December 2006) was a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films from 1967 to 1989.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hajdarhodzic, Izet
1929 birt ...
as Dum Đivo
Controversies
The film was controversial due to many things. In the
communist Yugoslavia it was scandalous because of too many sexually explicit and violent scenes.
[A booklet with the film, Jutarnji list 2012, ] Naturalistic portrayal of the widespread
Ustasha atrocities made this film despised in the newly
independent Croatia.
See also
*
*
List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
*
1978 films
1970s war films
Yugoslav war films
Croatian war films
Films directed by Lordan Zafranović
Films shot in Croatia
Films set in Croatia
Films set in Dubrovnik
Films set in Yugoslavia
Jadran Film films
War films set in Partisan Yugoslavia
Yugoslav World War II films
Croatian World War II films
1970s Croatian-language films
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