Vatroslav Mimica

Directing

Vatroslav Mimica

Born — Died

1923-06-25 — 2020-02-15

Place of birth

Omiš, Croatia

Known for

Directing

Credits

41 titles

Vatroslav Mimica (25 June 1923 – 15 February 2020) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter. Born in Omiš, Mimica had enrolled at the University of Zagreb School of Medicine before the outbreak of World War II. In 1942 he joined Young Communist League of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) and in 1943 he went on to join the Yugoslav Partisans, becoming a member of their medical units. After the war Mimica wrote literary and film reviews, and his career in filmmaking began in 1950 when he became the director of the Jadran Film production studio.

Known for

Alone poster
5.7

Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last, he is alone and free. But the solitude engenders the fear.

Alone

1958

The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud poster
5.8

The Spanish Civil War veteran and WW2 partisan Josip Crnković-Cloud faces eviction from his modest little house which is to be demolished soon to make space for new skyscraper. He tries to stop it in a legal way, but fails to break the shield of administrative bureaucreacy. He decides to use dynamite left from the war and simply blow out the house.

The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud

1978

The Inspector Is Back! poster
7.0

The inspector cautiously walks the city streets avoiding “dangers”. He comes home, washes his feet and reads newspapers. Suddenly he sees a fingerprint that makes a run for it. The inspector follows it…

The Inspector Is Back!

1959

On the Meadow poster
8.0

Two men on the meadow fight for one flower.

On the Meadow

1957

At the Photographer's poster
10.0

A photographer tries to make his customer smile for the photo.

At the Photographer's

1959

The Beauty of the Adriatic poster
NR

The Beauty of the Adriatic was created as a promotional tourist film, but through its unusual and even bizarre formal devices it overcomes the promotional function. The narrator of the film is constantly communicating with the viewer, exclaims and inserts jokes, and we also see him in the film as a guide entertaining us with various gestures and movements. In the film there are also interspersed humorous animated scenes, an interview with Hamlet, poetic sequences and stylized scenes such as one where the camera is "looking for" the lost guide.

The Beauty of the Adriatic

1962

Film credits

Behind the camera

Alone poster
5.7

Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last, he is alone and free. But the solitude engenders the fear.

Alone

1958

Alone poster
5.7

Harassed by the day, he runs away in the evening from people and town. He crawls into his little room to sleep. The dream is bringing him the limitless and quiet spaces of solitude. At last, he is alone and free. But the solitude engenders the fear.

Alone

1958

The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud poster
5.8

The Spanish Civil War veteran and WW2 partisan Josip Crnković-Cloud faces eviction from his modest little house which is to be demolished soon to make space for new skyscraper. He tries to stop it in a legal way, but fails to break the shield of administrative bureaucreacy. He decides to use dynamite left from the war and simply blow out the house.

The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud

1978

The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud poster
5.8

The Spanish Civil War veteran and WW2 partisan Josip Crnković-Cloud faces eviction from his modest little house which is to be demolished soon to make space for new skyscraper. He tries to stop it in a legal way, but fails to break the shield of administrative bureaucreacy. He decides to use dynamite left from the war and simply blow out the house.

The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud

1978

The Inspector Is Back! poster
7.0

The inspector cautiously walks the city streets avoiding “dangers”. He comes home, washes his feet and reads newspapers. Suddenly he sees a fingerprint that makes a run for it. The inspector follows it…

The Inspector Is Back!

1959

The Inspector Is Back! poster
7.0

The inspector cautiously walks the city streets avoiding “dangers”. He comes home, washes his feet and reads newspapers. Suddenly he sees a fingerprint that makes a run for it. The inspector follows it…

The Inspector Is Back!

1959

On the Meadow poster
8.0

Two men on the meadow fight for one flower.

On the Meadow

1957

At the Photographer's poster
10.0

A photographer tries to make his customer smile for the photo.

At the Photographer's

1959

The Beauty of the Adriatic poster
NR

The Beauty of the Adriatic was created as a promotional tourist film, but through its unusual and even bizarre formal devices it overcomes the promotional function. The narrator of the film is constantly communicating with the viewer, exclaims and inserts jokes, and we also see him in the film as a guide entertaining us with various gestures and movements. In the film there are also interspersed humorous animated scenes, an interview with Hamlet, poetic sequences and stylized scenes such as one where the camera is "looking for" the lost guide.

The Beauty of the Adriatic

1962

Suleiman the Conqueror poster
9.0

Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.

Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

Suleiman the Conqueror poster
9.0

Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.

Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

Suleiman the Conqueror poster
9.0

Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman's attempts to conquer Vienna. The advance of his army was checked on Yugoslav territory.

Suleiman the Conqueror

1961

The Macedonian Part of Hell poster
5.7

At the end of the year 1942 and the start of 1943, to stop spreading the revolution in county of Bitola, bulgarian occupiers are reinforcing the persecutions and the acts of violence on civil population.

The Macedonian Part of Hell

1971

The Macedonian Part of Hell poster
5.7

At the end of the year 1942 and the start of 1943, to stop spreading the revolution in county of Bitola, bulgarian occupiers are reinforcing the persecutions and the acts of violence on civil population.

The Macedonian Part of Hell

1971

The Falcon poster
5.0

Banović Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is hunting, a Turkish bandit, Alija, attacks his castle. The Turks kill his servants and kidnap his beloved Andja. When he discovers what has happened, Strahinja gathers a together a group of scoundrels and chases the bandits.

The Falcon

1983

The Falcon poster
5.0

Banović Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is hunting, a Turkish bandit, Alija, attacks his castle. The Turks kill his servants and kidnap his beloved Andja. When he discovers what has happened, Strahinja gathers a together a group of scoundrels and chases the bandits.

The Falcon

1983

Opening Night poster
10.0

A poster announcing the opening night of an opera. A crowd of snobs, so called »music lovers« rushes in. The tenor, well aware of his magnificence, has some troubles in his wardrobe with his button refusing to fit in his collar.

Opening Night

1957

The Fed One poster
6.2

Group of concentration camp prisoners is being constantly tortured by their Kappo. Since they are too weak to stand against him, they pick the strongest among themselves and feed him with parts of their rations.

The Fed One

1970

The Egg poster
9.0

A distinguished sculptor Mr Peacock laid an egg. Thrilled with himself and his work of art, he made it widely known.

The Egg

1959

Scarecrow poster
8.0

The lone scarecrow has a great desire to befriend birds, but they ignore him. His courage at a certain point completely changed the bird's perspective.

Scarecrow

1957

Scarecrow poster
8.0

The lone scarecrow has a great desire to befriend birds, but they ignore him. His courage at a certain point completely changed the bird's perspective.

Scarecrow

1957

Prometheus from the Island of Viševica poster
6.5

A middle-aged manager of a big-scale company pays visit to his native island with his wife, in order to attend ceremony of unveiling a memorial plaque dedicated to local partisan heroes. During his visit, he's constantly overwhelmed by the memories from the past, his first love, the combat days and his enthusiasm to introduce electricity on the island, which was not appreciated by his fellow islanders.

Prometheus from the Island of Viševica

1964

Prometheus from the Island of Viševica poster
6.5

A middle-aged manager of a big-scale company pays visit to his native island with his wife, in order to attend ceremony of unveiling a memorial plaque dedicated to local partisan heroes. During his visit, he's constantly overwhelmed by the memories from the past, his first love, the combat days and his enthusiasm to introduce electricity on the island, which was not appreciated by his fellow islanders.

Prometheus from the Island of Viševica

1964

Nocturno poster
NR

Short animated film. The surreal routes and roads are combined with the late-night feeling of the short and cartoony cars designs.

Nocturno

1958

Happy End poster
9.0

After destruction of the world, life returns slowly and in convulsions. The being finds its home on the exact place where it was before the catastrophe, and this is the happy end.

Happy End

1958

Happy End poster
9.0

After destruction of the world, life returns slowly and in convulsions. The being finds its home on the exact place where it was before the catastrophe, and this is the happy end.

Happy End

1958

Monday or Tuesday poster
6.5

A divorced journalist Marko Požgaj starts his working day by taking his son to the school. During the day many thoughts and images pass through his mind - the memories of childhood, ex-wife, current girlfriend, but mostly his father who died in a war.

Monday or Tuesday

1966

Monday or Tuesday poster
6.5

A divorced journalist Marko Požgaj starts his working day by taking his son to the school. During the day many thoughts and images pass through his mind - the memories of childhood, ex-wife, current girlfriend, but mostly his father who died in a war.

Monday or Tuesday

1966

The Fly poster
5.8

A man is standing in the scene when a fly arrives and begins to irritate him. He tries to swat the fly, but it keeps growing bigger to the point where it shatters the scene. Eventually, the man and the fly decide to negotiate.

The Fly

1967

An Event poster
6.7

A grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner, Matijevic, follow them as they return home in order to rob them. The confrontation takes place in the forest.

An Event

1969

An Event poster
6.7

A grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner, Matijevic, follow them as they return home in order to rob them. The confrontation takes place in the forest.

An Event

1969

Kaya poster
7.1

An experimental film about a peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the eve of the Italian occupation of the country.

Kaya

1967

Kaya poster
7.1

An experimental film about a peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the eve of the Italian occupation of the country.

Kaya

1967

Kaya poster
7.1

An experimental film about a peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the eve of the Italian occupation of the country.

Kaya

1967

An Encounter in a Dream poster
7.0

A boy falls into his prehistoric book and falls in love with a cave girl.

An Encounter in a Dream

1957

No artwork available
6.2

A man wakes up in his grave and realizes that he's been buried alive. He gets up and arrives home only to find out that his wife and relatives threw a party instead of mourning, looking forward to his big inheritance.

The Jubilee of Mr Ikel

1955

No artwork available
6.2

A man wakes up in his grave and realizes that he's been buried alive. He gets up and arrives home only to find out that his wife and relatives threw a party instead of mourning, looking forward to his big inheritance.

The Jubilee of Mr Ikel

1955

Typhoid Sufferers poster
7.1

Woodcut-style animation accompanying Jure Kaštelan’s famous Yugoslav partisan poem, depicting hallucinations of sick partisans marching through wastelands.

Typhoid Sufferers

1963

Typhoid Sufferers poster
7.1

Woodcut-style animation accompanying Jure Kaštelan’s famous Yugoslav partisan poem, depicting hallucinations of sick partisans marching through wastelands.

Typhoid Sufferers

1963

Romeo and Juliet poster
9.0

The Romeo and Juliet story from caveman times to the present.

Romeo and Juliet

1958