''Sinji galeb'' is a 1953

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Branko Bauer Branko Bauer (18 February 1921 – 11 April 2002) was a Croatian film director. He is considered to be the leading figure of classical narrative cinema in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema of the 1950s. Early life Bauer became interested in cine ...

. It is based on the ''Cyan-Blue Seagull Brotherhood'' ( sl, Bratovščina Sinjega galeba), a novel written by the

Slovene writer Slovene literature is the literature written in Slovene. It spans across all literary genres with historically the Slovene historical fiction as the most widespread Slovene fiction genre. The Romantic 19th-century epic poetry written by the le ...

Tone Seliškar.

Plot summary

A boy named Ive (Rizvanbegović) sails out to sea with his friends in order to make money to pay off his father's debt. Ive and his friends name their boat ''Sinji galeb'' ("Cyan-Blue Seagull"). While sailing, they run into maritime criminals led by Lorenco ( Nalis).

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* 1953 films 1950s Croatian-language films Yugoslav children's films Jadran Film films Films based on Slovenian novels Croatian children's films Croatian black-and-white films Yugoslav black-and-white films {{Croatia-film-stub