
Directing
Zlatko Grgić
Born — Died
1931-06-21 — 1988-10-04
Place of birth
Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia)
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Zlatko Grgić was a Croatian animator, director, and screenwriter, renowned for his contributions to animated film. Hen the Zagreb School of Animated Films and co-created the beloved animated series Professor Balthazar (1967–1978), which gained international acclaim. Grgić also directed Muzikalno prase (The Musical Pig, 1965), which won the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival. His innovative animation style and storytelling have left a lasting legacy in the world of animation.
Known for
NRA man is smoking. Something itches him and he scratches it. Then this repeats elsewhere. He starts to scratch himself harder and harder and at different places. Everywhere, from his sleeves, coat, trouser legs, small people start to fall out, and the man can no longer crush them.
Scabies
1970
7.0A group of eccentrics are playing. A little man wants to join in but is always sent away and is finally murdered. In heaven he meets others of his kind and plays with them but a still tinier man wants to crash their games.
Tolerance
1967
NRShort animated film.
The Orator
1979
9.0Two men fighting over a suitcase to discover its content. At the end the smaller guy lets the bigger one have the suitcase. They are both surprised when they open it. Inside there are another two men with another suitcase and the whole story repeats.
The Suitcase
1968
NRA mouthy frog gets his wish when a princess’s kiss turns him into a human. But just because he’s got a voice doesn’t mean he has much to say.
The Enchanted Prince
1978
6.8A girl attempts to reach red apples from a tree. Aliens land on Earth and the girl offers them the fruits.
A Visit from Space
1964
Behind the camera
NRA man is smoking. Something itches him and he scratches it. Then this repeats elsewhere. He starts to scratch himself harder and harder and at different places. Everywhere, from his sleeves, coat, trouser legs, small people start to fall out, and the man can no longer crush them.
Scabies
1970
7.0A group of eccentrics are playing. A little man wants to join in but is always sent away and is finally murdered. In heaven he meets others of his kind and plays with them but a still tinier man wants to crash their games.
Tolerance
1967
7.0A group of eccentrics are playing. A little man wants to join in but is always sent away and is finally murdered. In heaven he meets others of his kind and plays with them but a still tinier man wants to crash their games.
Tolerance
1967
NRShort animated film.
The Orator
1979
9.0Two men fighting over a suitcase to discover its content. At the end the smaller guy lets the bigger one have the suitcase. They are both surprised when they open it. Inside there are another two men with another suitcase and the whole story repeats.
The Suitcase
1968
9.0Two men fighting over a suitcase to discover its content. At the end the smaller guy lets the bigger one have the suitcase. They are both surprised when they open it. Inside there are another two men with another suitcase and the whole story repeats.
The Suitcase
1968
NRA mouthy frog gets his wish when a princess’s kiss turns him into a human. But just because he’s got a voice doesn’t mean he has much to say.
The Enchanted Prince
1978
NRA mouthy frog gets his wish when a princess’s kiss turns him into a human. But just because he’s got a voice doesn’t mean he has much to say.
The Enchanted Prince
1978
6.8A girl attempts to reach red apples from a tree. Aliens land on Earth and the girl offers them the fruits.
A Visit from Space
1964
NRMaxi Cat in the episode dealing with a very special broom.
Maxi Cat: Broom
1973
NRIs this ball made of a green thread or something else?
Maxi Cat: Ball
1973
8.0Zlatko Grgic's short animated film depicts how humans evolved from the sea and the problems that ensued. Using humour, he shows how industry leads to waste and pollution, which in turn wreak havoc on the delicate balance of our ecosystems.
Deep Threat
1977
8.0Zlatko Grgic's short animated film depicts how humans evolved from the sea and the problems that ensued. Using humour, he shows how industry leads to waste and pollution, which in turn wreak havoc on the delicate balance of our ecosystems.
Deep Threat
1977
7.0A nice guy who always finishes last discovers a potion that helps him turn the tables on the rude, stick it to the inconsiderate, and maybe overcome his own meekness.
The Devil's Work
1965
10.0Canadians in search of the national identity will not find it fully fleshed in this film. An animated cartoon, it sees Canadians as pragmatists, adaptable to whatever climate or history place in their way. It is a boisterous, bubbling analysis of the Canadian character and, although it may not answer the question of the title, it does leave the feeling that being Canadian is not so exhausting as one might expect.
Who Are We?
1974
6.5A lonely man living in a large city buys a life-size sex doll. His relationship with his dream doll causes a certain reaction in the community. A bizarre adaption of Le Ballon Rouge.
Dream Doll
1979
NRAn unexpected place for Maxi Cat tailor-made fishing.
Maxi Cat: Fishing
1973
6.7The musical pig in quest for a friend. It eventually finds one, but at what cost...
The Musical Pig
1967
6.7The musical pig in quest for a friend. It eventually finds one, but at what cost...
The Musical Pig
1967
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maxi Cat: Jaje
1973
NRProfessor Balthazar goes on vacation to the South Sea where his friend Hannibal is a lighthouse keeper. Hannibal loves ice cream, difficult enough to find there. His request for transfer is denied until he can arrange a replacement: Johan the yodeler from the Alps.
Professor Balthazar: Lighthouse Keeping
1969
NRAn unusual appointment with the doctor.
Toadstool
1973
NRAn unusual appointment with the doctor.
Toadstool
1973
NRThis film is based on the so-called comedy of the absurd. The unusual animalism of the figures and their distinctive animation and sound treatment promise that the film will be acceptable to children. Probably even adults will not be indifferent to this variety of fabrications.
Twiddle-Twaddle
1968
NRThis film is based on the so-called comedy of the absurd. The unusual animalism of the figures and their distinctive animation and sound treatment promise that the film will be acceptable to children. Probably even adults will not be indifferent to this variety of fabrications.
Twiddle-Twaddle
1968
NROne morning, Tom’s dad the vet has had enough of it and goes fishing. Little Tom decides to replace him in his job at the zoo. When a lion is in urgent need of an ice-cream, Tom sets out to buy it, but he leaves his things in the cage. The guards think he was eaten by the lion and overall panic follows. Luckily, Professor Balthazar is here.
Professor Balthazar: Doctor Don't Litt
1972
NRA competitive game of one-upsmanship between two men, one small and one tall.
Little & Big
1966
NRA competitive game of one-upsmanship between two men, one small and one tall.
Little & Big
1966
An old frustrated bird who cannot fly tries to ventilate his anger by attacking a worm.
The Bird and the Worm
1977
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story
1972
NRNo synopsis available yet.
Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story
1972
6.6This tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale by Croatian director Zlatko Grgic traces man's checkered history with fire, and shows how growing carelessness in the form of overloaded sockets, smoldering cigarettes and other fire hazards can have highly undesirable consequences.
Hot Stuff
1971
6.6This tongue-in-cheek cautionary tale by Croatian director Zlatko Grgic traces man's checkered history with fire, and shows how growing carelessness in the form of overloaded sockets, smoldering cigarettes and other fire hazards can have highly undesirable consequences.
Hot Stuff
1971
5.7A couple of lovers in a passionate embrace. Camera panning back, discloses a third person, a policeman, who gets himself involved in the action.
Make Love, Not War
1971
5.7A couple of lovers in a passionate embrace. Camera panning back, discloses a third person, a policeman, who gets himself involved in the action.
Make Love, Not War
1971
NRMaxi Cat's strange spaghetti.
Maxi Cat: The Lunch
1973
NRWhat does a seemingly ordinary hat hide?
Maxi Cat: Hat
1973
NRA pessimistic film goer complains to his optimistic counterpart about the state of cinema, and the world at large.
Optimist and Pessimist
1973
NRA pessimistic film goer complains to his optimistic counterpart about the state of cinema, and the world at large.
Optimist and Pessimist
1973
NRWhere will this door take me?
Maxi Cat: The Door
1973
