Obsessed by dreams of a comfortable life, the son of a copper miner returns to his native country with plans to sell his father’s house in order to travel to the African diamond mine in Katanga. Re-visiting his hometown brings back his childhood trauma, and the nightmare of old and new love, and the events in and around the mine, all test his obsession with Catanga.Read More »
Yugoslavia
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Zivojin Pavlovic – Na putu za Katangu AKA On the Road to Katanga (1987)
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Bostjan Hladnik – Pesceni grad AKA The Castle of Sand (1962)
1961-1970Bostjan HladnikDramaYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoPlot:
The film opens with a scene of Milena (Millie) running in a panic towards a wire fence. She slips through a hole in the fence and runs on. This is followed by a road-movie style odyssey of two young men, both trying to win Milena’s heart. The story reaches a peak by the sea, where Milena makes an attempt to subtly reveal which of the two young men she loves. She does this by building a sand castle on the beach, where the three of them can be alone, safe and free. Yet the police are close on their trail and the two young men must come to terms with a shocking realization…Read More » -
Fadil Hadzic – Sluzbeni polozaj AKA Official position (1964)
1961-1970DramaFadil HadzicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoQuote:
The managers of a textile enterprise use various scams to obtain all kinds of personal benefits, until the machinations are exposed.Read More » -
Veljko Bulajic – Vlak bez voznog reda AKA Train Without a Timetable (1959)
Drama1951-1960Veljko BulajicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoAn epic story about colonization of poor Dalmatian peasants (Southern Croatia) to the fertile Pannonian plain shortly after WWII.
It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and won a special award “CIDALC”.
Was the winner of several international movie festivals.
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Aleksandar Djordjevic – Otpisani AKA Written Off (1974)
1971-1980Aleksandar DjordjevicWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoCareless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when the Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement, and their activities bring their names to Gestapo’s termination list. This movie inspired the series that would get cult status in former Yugoslavia.Read More »
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Fedor Skubonja – Izgubljena olovka AKA The Lost Pencil (1960)
1951-1960DramaFedor SkubonjaYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoPlot:
Shortly after the WW II, in a remote Bosnian village… After one of the pupils lost his pencil in the classroom, the other children and the teacher accuse Dika that he stole it. Wrongly accused and bullied by his classmates, Dika is trying to prove that he is innocent…Read More » -
Goran Gajic – Laibach: Pobeda pod suncem (1988)
1981-1990CultDocumentaryGoran GajicYugoslaviaThis film is about great Slovenian band Laibach (german word for Ljubljana, Slovenia). It depicts in pure “laibachian” style history of the group according to conditions of Slovenian history and political situation on the beginning of the 80’s. This film can be taken as a visual manifesto of retrogardist cultural movement called NSK (Neue slowenische Kunst – New Slovenian Art) presented here by Laibach.
NSK is dealing with totalitarian principles of creating visual or performing art, but in these Slovenian guys living on the edge of germanic and slavonic cultures use a lot of humour, which can sometimes look little bit inappropriate, but really works.Read More »
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Djordje Kadijevic – Karadjordjeva smrt AKA Karadjordje’s Death (1984)
1981-1990Djordje KadijevicDramaPoliticsYugoslaviaThis is the story of the death of Karadjordje, the elected leader of the First Serbian Uprising that aimed at liberating Serbia from the Ottoman Empire.Read More »
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Slavko Vorkapich – Hanka (1955)
1951-1960DramaRomanceSlavko VorkapichYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoPlot:
The story follows a couple of young people, Sejda and Hanka. After Sejdo gets a job in a bey family that starts a quarrel among the two. The main cause is the bey’s wife who tries her best to separate the young couple that follows with a tragedy.Read More »