Fadil Hadžić (23 April 1922 – 3 January 2011) was a Croatian and Yugoslav

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, playwright and journalist, mainly known for his comedy films and plays. He was born in

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, but mainly lived and worked in

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, with the Croatian and wider Yugoslav productions.

Biography

Born in

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, in what was then

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, he went to study painting at the

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. He then worked on editing several popular magazines (''Kerempuh, Vjesnik u srijedu, Telegram''). He was also one of the founders of the prominent theatres Kerempuh (then called Jazavac) and Komedija in

, and also worked as the

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at the Zagreb's Croatian National Theatre. He had his screenwriting debut in 1952 with the animated film ''The Haunted Castle at Dudinci'' ( hr, Začarani dvorac u Dudincima), directed by

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. In 1961, Hadžić had his directorial debut with '' Alphabet of Fear'' (''Abeceda straha''). He was a prolific and versatile filmmaker throughout the

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and his film ''Official Position'' (''Službeni položaj'') won the

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at the 1964

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. In the

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and

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his output was lower, but in spite of this he won the

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for his 1979 film ''

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'' (''Novinar''). Hadžić also wrote and directed the 1972 film, '' The Deer Hunt'' (''Lov na jelene''), starring

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and

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, a subversive thriller-drama about an

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suspected of Ustasha activity, which was timely and popular because of its relation to the

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. In the early 1980s, he effectively stopped making films, and turned to playwriting. In this period he wrote more than 57 popular plays and had 14 solo exhibitions of his paintings. In the early

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, he became active in film again, directing a couple of film adaptations of his comedy plays in 2003 and 2005, followed by the war drama ''Remember Vukovar'' (''Zapamtite Vukovar'') in 2008. He died in Zagreb.

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