Zvonimir Ferenčić

Journey to Vucjak

Grgo Tomerlin

With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves.

The Man Himself

An adaptation of Ivo Kozarčanin's novel of the same name and consists of four episodes. The protagonist is a young official named Valentin, and the plot shows his childhood, growing up and a disastrous marriage that will end in murder.

People from Gruntovec

Franc Ožbolt 'Cinober'

The story of this cult Croatian miniseries is set in a remote Podravina village and revolves around a peasant Dudek and his wife Regica, whose troubles ensue from his honest and naive nature, since his fellow villagers take advantage of him to the greatest extent.

The Borderers

Franc Ožbolt 'Cinober'

The comic adventures of the residents of a village in Podravina region in Croatia.

Horvat's Choice

Grgo Tomerlin

It is 1918, the evening of The Great War. Austro-Hungarian empire is collapsing, and all around Croatia there are outlaw deserters, fighting in forests. A city journalist decides to become a country schoolteacher, just to find some peace in that restless political situation. But, neither the village is safe from the militaristic policy of the imperial goverment.

The Rat Savior

Nakladnik

A poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, or the covert conspiracy of pod-people in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This film's story is based on a book by the Soviet writer Alexander Grin.

Bombing Process

In 1928 young Communist activist was arrested and put on trial for anti-state activity. Years later he became known as Tito, Communist president of Yugoslavia, and this TV-movie was made for the 50th anniversary of those events.

Protest

Zamjenik direktora

A man cannot bear the superficiality of human relationships, and when his best friend lets him down, he commits suicide by jumping off a skyscraper.

The Drinking Bout

A young family from the province moves into the ground floor of a quiet building in Zagreb and with their lifestyle and behavior disrupts the idyllic atmosphere that reigned in that neighborhood until then. All attempts by the natives to bring them into order are unsuccessful, so they hatch a conspiracy. But their revenge will have serious consequences...

Nobody Will Laugh

Šef pogona

A young professor of art history is pressed by communist superiors to write a positive review to an amateur scholar. He plays with an old man as well as with a young worker girl until he realizes he has lost everything.

I Want to Live

Mato Kramarić

Deals with the father-son conflict in a farming family. The two never see eye to eye especially over the way the farm is run. The boy opts for a different way of life and also falls in love with a dumb girl to the horror of his family.

Stormy Night

Šef

The TV movie Stormy Night takes place during the Second World War, and in its center is the clerk Ceric, who, after meeting his Jewish neighbor at night and his taking to the camp, becomes a prisoner and a victim of his own fear.

The Life and Times of August Šenoa

Life and times of August Šenoa, popular Croatian novelist who was one of the most influential writers in 19th Century. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of his death.

A Suspicious Character

Đoka

A small town is disturbed by the arrival of a "suspicious person", an unknown man wanted by the local authorities. During the hunt, it turns out that the suspect is no one else than the mayor's son-in-law who checked under his false name in order to hide his whereabouts from his girlfriend's parents.

The Ninth Circle

Police officer (uncredited)

In order to save a friend's daughter, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, from the Ustashas, the Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their son Ivo.

High Voltage

Trgovac

After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. Because there aren't enough experts and materials in Yugoslavia, the factory counts on help from fellow communist countries, Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union. However, after the Inform Bureau's resolution this help is no longer available. Sonja experiences a great intimate disappointment because Stjepan, who she is in love with, supports Stalin.

Judge Me

The main character is a young man who lives with his poor mother in Zagreb. He holds no job and is barely making ends meet in the overwhelming post-war poverty. They have a tenant named John. He is constantly full of money, which, allegedly, comes to him from America. The plot develops when John suggests to the young man that they rob the safe of a person known as Compadre, the same man who sent very youngster to be shot during the war, but he survived by sheer chance...

The Motorcycle Chase

While visiting his relatives in the city, a curious village boy sits on a motorcycle which starts right off, which causes lots of trouble to him and his parents.