Samac ( en, Alone) is a 1958 animated short directed by

Vatroslav Mimica Vatroslav Mimica (25 June 1923 – 15 February 2020) was a Croats, Croatian film director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Omiš, Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 194 ...

for

Zagreb Film Zagreb Film is a Croatian film company principally known for its animation studio. From Zagreb, it was founded in 1953. They have produced hundreds of animated films, as well as documentaries, television commercials, educational films and several f ...

. The short won the studio's first international prize at

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

. The short is described as a "mordant, yet moving depiction of a clerk fighting a losing battle with the machine age".Sight and Sound, Volumes 28-29, British Film Institute, 1959
pp. 136

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* 1958 animated films 1958 films Croatian animated short films Yugoslav animated short films Zagreb Film films {{1950s-animation-film-stub