Oktavijan Miletić (1 October 1902,

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– 17 August 1987,

) was a

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ian

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and director. His

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work in the period from 1928 to 1945 remains as one of the foundations of Croatian film. Miletić was one of the founders of the Zagreb film club in 1928. Miletić participated in an amateur film competition in

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in 1933 with his ''Poslovi konzula Dorgena'' and received an award from Louis Lumière. His 1937 film ''Šešir'' was the first Croatian movie filmed with sound. In the

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, Miletić filmed three cultural films for

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's Tobis Film: ''Hrvatski kipari'', ''Hrvatski seljački život'' and '' Agram, die Hauptstadt Kroatiens''.Miletić's film from '42 found

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While all three films were originally thought lost, Daniel Rafaelić discovered ''Hrvatski seljački život'' in a

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film archive in 2004 and in 2008 discovered ''Agram, die Hauptstadt Kroatiens'' in a German film archive. In 1942 he filmed '' Barok u Hrvatskoj'', about the life of count Janko Drašković. In 1944 Miletić filmed the full-length feature '' Lisinski'' about the Croatian composer Vatroslav Lisinski. He spent the waning months of the

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working to safekeep the films of the Croatian state institute Hrvatski slikopis. In 1967 he received the Vladimir Nazor Award for lifetime achievement in film arts. The Oktavijan Award is awarded annually by the Croatian Association of Film Critics as part of the Days of Croatian Film.

Filmography

*''Most'' (1938) *'' Barok u Hrvatskoj'' (1942) *'' Agram, die Hauptstadt Kroatiens'' (1943) *'' Lisinski'' (1944)

References

External links

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Oktavijan Miletić
biography at hrfilm.hr {{DEFAULTSORT:Miletic, Oktavijan 1902 births 1987 deaths Croatian cinematographers Croatian film directors Film people from Zagreb Vladimir Nazor Award winners Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery