Writing

Petar Krelja

Known for

Writing

Credits

33 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

Splendid Isolation poster
NR

Film is based on a strict social opposition between two ‘hotels’ in Zagreb (Esplanada and Shelter), which are only 100 meters away, but also on the relation of color and black and white and 16 mm and 35 mm film.

Splendid Isolation

1973

Splendid Isolation poster
NR

Film is based on a strict social opposition between two ‘hotels’ in Zagreb (Esplanada and Shelter), which are only 100 meters away, but also on the relation of color and black and white and 16 mm and 35 mm film.

Splendid Isolation

1973

Southbound Train poster
6.0

A power-cut in a great apartment building brings the tenants together.

Southbound Train

1981

Southbound Train poster
6.0

A power-cut in a great apartment building brings the tenants together.

Southbound Train

1981

The Third Christmas poster
9.0

"Third Christmas" describes the exile school "Topusko" in Veli Lošinj, where teachers and students welcome their third Christmas in exile with touching stories told by children and their parents.

The Third Christmas

1994

The Third Christmas poster
9.0

"Third Christmas" describes the exile school "Topusko" in Veli Lošinj, where teachers and students welcome their third Christmas in exile with touching stories told by children and their parents.

The Third Christmas

1994

Witches poster
NR

The film explores the curious socio-psychological phenomenon of believing in witches.

Witches

1971

Witches poster
NR

The film explores the curious socio-psychological phenomenon of believing in witches.

Witches

1971

Playtime poster
NR

The girl Nevenka spends time alone in the apartment, with her mother’s instructions on how to make lunch and spend the day in the form of a note on the table in the dining room. One of the tasks is to memorize the song "Slap" by Dobriša Cesarić.

Playtime

1977

Playtime poster
NR

The girl Nevenka spends time alone in the apartment, with her mother’s instructions on how to make lunch and spend the day in the form of a note on the table in the dining room. One of the tasks is to memorize the song "Slap" by Dobriša Cesarić.

Playtime

1977

Recital poster
NR

The film shows celebration of Day of the Republic., held in the village of Novigrad Podravski (Croatia) in 1972. The performers were pupils of the elementary school, members of the local amateur theater, and one soldier.

Recital

1972

Recital poster
NR

The film shows celebration of Day of the Republic., held in the village of Novigrad Podravski (Croatia) in 1972. The performers were pupils of the elementary school, members of the local amateur theater, and one soldier.

Recital

1972

Stela poster
6.0

Young social worker falls in love with a delinquent girl on the run.

Stela

1990

Stela poster
6.0

Young social worker falls in love with a delinquent girl on the run.

Stela

1990

Viktor's Flight poster
NR

The film follows the young Viktor Vidovic and is part of a short film series dedicated to the musical family Vidovic from the Karlovac area. The basics of musical knowledge and love for music Viktor received from his family, but in order to achieve something more, he had to go to further education.

Viktor's Flight

1988

Viktor's Flight poster
NR

The film follows the young Viktor Vidovic and is part of a short film series dedicated to the musical family Vidovic from the Karlovac area. The basics of musical knowledge and love for music Viktor received from his family, but in order to achieve something more, he had to go to further education.

Viktor's Flight

1988

Mariska Band poster
NR

The musical band Mariška band conquered the audience during the eighties. This documentary describes the life of Mariška Holoubek (1904-1993) from Koprivnica, a versatile self-taught musician who played several instruments, and gained her greatest popularity as the violinist of the music group Mariška Band, which she founded at the age of 76. The group that played hits, country and Podravina folk music, despite its great popularity and numerous concert and television appearances, never recorded a record...

Mariska Band

1986

Mariska Band poster
NR

The musical band Mariška band conquered the audience during the eighties. This documentary describes the life of Mariška Holoubek (1904-1993) from Koprivnica, a versatile self-taught musician who played several instruments, and gained her greatest popularity as the violinist of the music group Mariška Band, which she founded at the age of 76. The group that played hits, country and Podravina folk music, despite its great popularity and numerous concert and television appearances, never recorded a record...

Mariska Band

1986

Accidental Life poster
6.9

Two friends try to tear out their lives from the clutches of idle. An existential study of ordinary lives led by two alienated urban white collar workers, Accidental Life was the only feature film of Ante Peterlić, Croatian film theorist and film critic. The film received mediocre reviews and went largely unnoticed after its release, but has been reevaluated decades later as one of the best Croatian films ever made.

Accidental Life

1969

No artwork available
7.0

Documentary about personals in a newspaper.

Offers Under No.

1968

No artwork available
7.0

Documentary about personals in a newspaper.

Offers Under No.

1968

No artwork available
NR

Marching musicians through the city to the sound of national patriotic songs on a holiday morning isn't enough of a reason for people to go outside, but beef roasted on a spit is.

Budnica

1971

No artwork available
NR

Marching musicians through the city to the sound of national patriotic songs on a holiday morning isn't enough of a reason for people to go outside, but beef roasted on a spit is.

Budnica

1971

The Return poster
NR

The girl Milka was found at the Zagreb airport while trying to escape from Yugoslavia to her aunt in Germany. A social worker tries to place her in a home for neglected children, and then gives her back to her divorced parents.

The Return

1975

The Return poster
NR

The girl Milka was found at the Zagreb airport while trying to escape from Yugoslavia to her aunt in Germany. A social worker tries to place her in a home for neglected children, and then gives her back to her divorced parents.

The Return

1975

The Four Seasons poster
7.0

The film is an omnibus consisting of three stories - "Usvojenje", "Ferije" and "Probni rok". We follow fragments of the lives of young girls from a social institution for children and young adults without parents. In the first story, a wealthy young couple wants to adopt a five-year-old girl, Zeljka. The emotionally undeveloped child has a hard time adapting to her new environment. In Ferije, fifteen-year-old Visnja spends her winter holidays in a gloomy home for young delinquents, where she experiences her first romance. The heroine of the third story is nineteen-year-old Branka who, after her graduation, tries to find a job and become independent from the social institutions she has lived in her entire life.

The Four Seasons

1979

The Four Seasons poster
7.0

The film is an omnibus consisting of three stories - "Usvojenje", "Ferije" and "Probni rok". We follow fragments of the lives of young girls from a social institution for children and young adults without parents. In the first story, a wealthy young couple wants to adopt a five-year-old girl, Zeljka. The emotionally undeveloped child has a hard time adapting to her new environment. In Ferije, fifteen-year-old Visnja spends her winter holidays in a gloomy home for young delinquents, where she experiences her first romance. The heroine of the third story is nineteen-year-old Branka who, after her graduation, tries to find a job and become independent from the social institutions she has lived in her entire life.

The Four Seasons

1979

Caregiver poster
NR

We follow a caregiver who takes care of the elderly and infirm.

Caregiver

1976

Caregiver poster
NR

We follow a caregiver who takes care of the elderly and infirm.

Caregiver

1976

Below the Line poster
6.0

After Antun reports his abusive PTSD ridden war veteran father to the police for the attempted murder of his mother, his life slowly turns into a living nightmare.

Below the Line

2003

Below the Line poster
6.0

After Antun reports his abusive PTSD ridden war veteran father to the police for the attempted murder of his mother, his life slowly turns into a living nightmare.

Below the Line

2003

Ana and Her Brothers poster
NR

The children in the Vidović family nurtured their talent for music despite all the difficulties.

Ana and Her Brothers

1992

Ana and Her Brothers poster
NR

The children in the Vidović family nurtured their talent for music despite all the difficulties.

Ana and Her Brothers

1992