Vicko Ruić (born 1959) is a

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n film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Ruić graduated from the Acting Department of the Academy of Dramatic Art in

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. His

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Nausikaya ''Nausikaya'' (''Nausikaja'') is a 1995 Croatian film directed, written and produced by Vicko Ruić. It is based on "The Spider", a horror short story by Hanns Heinz Ewers. The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language ...

'' (1996), which Ruić also wrote and produced, was the first

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n independent film, and was Croatia's submission to the

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for the

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Filmography

Director

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'' (''Nausikaja'', 1996) *''

Serafim, the Lighthouse Keeper's Son ''Serafim, the Lighthouse Keeper's Son'' (''Serafin, svjetioničarev sin'') is a 2002 Croatian language, Croatian film directed by Vicko Ruić. It is based on ''Bauk'', a novel by Ulderiko Donadini. References External links

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'' (''Serafin, svjetioničarev sin'', 2002) *'' The Recollection Thief'' (''Kradljivac uspomena'', 2007)

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