''The Blue 9'' (''Plavi 9'') is a

1950 Events January * January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed. * January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...

Croatian

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comedy

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. The film was directed by

Krešo Golik Krešimir "Krešo" Golik (20 May 1922 – 20 September 1996) was a Croatian film and television director and screenwriter. In a creative career spanning five decades between the late 1940s and late 1980s, Golik directed a number of criticall ...

. That film is a bizarre mixture of the Soviet-style industrial epic, romantic comedy and football film. It is famous for superbly directed football sequences. After release it quickly became the biggest hit of then-young Yugoslav cinema. This film is first Croatian movie with sport as the main topic. ''The Blue 9'' is also first Croatian comedy film from sound era. Movie was filmed on the locations in Croatia ( Split,

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and Zagreb) and in Serbia (

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Plavi 9
1950 films Association football films 1950s Croatian-language films 1950s sports comedy films Films directed by Krešo Golik Films shot in Croatia Jadran Film films Croatian comedy films Croatian black-and-white films Yugoslav comedy films 1950 comedy films Films set in Yugoslavia Films set in Croatia Films set in Belgrade Films shot in Belgrade {{sport-film-stub