''The Wall'' ( hr, Zid) is a 1966 Yugoslav animated short film by 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 ...

Synopsis

A naked, long haired man makes multiple attempts to tackle a high brick was that stands in his way, possibly an allusion to the

Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall (german: Berliner Mauer, ) was a guarded concrete barrier that encircled West Berlin from 1961 to 1989, separating it from East Berlin and East Germany (GDR). Construction of the Berlin Wall was commenced by the government ...

. Simultaneously, another figure, in a suit and tie, watches all this passively, even when the bearded man finally breaks the wall and dies. The man in suit passes through the gaping hole with ease, encountering another wall, he continues to wait and act passively. The overall mood of the film is frequently cited as an example of

dark humor Black comedy, also known as dark comedy, morbid humor, or gallows humor, is a style of comedy that makes light of subject matter that is generally considered taboo, particularly subjects that are normally considered serious or painful to discus ...

Reception

The short is considered the author's most acclaimed one.

Ivo Škrabalo Ivo Škrabalo (; 19 February 1934 – 18 September 2011) was a Croatian film critic, screenwriter, and member of parliament. Škrabalo was born in Sombor, where he finished elementary and high school before moving to Zagreb in 1952. He enrolled at ...

, writing for

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, described it as one of the exemplary works of the "second wave" of Zagreb animation. Film critic Ronald Holloway praised Zaninović's derisive wit in the short.Z is for Zagreb
Ronald Holloway, Tantivy Press, 1972, pp. 83

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wall, The (1966 film) 1966 animated films 1966 films Croatian animated short films Yugoslav animated short films Zagreb Film films