Zlatko Grgić

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

Behind the camera

Scabies poster
NR

A 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

Tolerance poster
7.0

A 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

Tolerance poster
7.0

A 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

The Orator poster
NR

Short animated film.

The Orator

1979

The Suitcase poster
9.0

Two 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

The Suitcase poster
9.0

Two 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

The Enchanted Prince poster
NR

A 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

The Enchanted Prince poster
NR

A 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

A Visit from Space poster
6.8

A 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

Maxi Cat: Broom poster
NR

Maxi Cat in the episode dealing with a very special broom.

Maxi Cat: Broom

1973

Maxi Cat: Ball poster
NR

Is this ball made of a green thread or something else?

Maxi Cat: Ball

1973

Deep Threat poster
8.0

Zlatko 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

Deep Threat poster
8.0

Zlatko 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

The Devil's Work poster
7.0

A 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

Who Are We? poster
10.0

Canadians 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

Dream Doll poster
6.5

A 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

Maxi Cat: Fishing poster
NR

An unexpected place for Maxi Cat tailor-made fishing.

Maxi Cat: Fishing

1973

The Musical Pig poster
6.7

The musical pig in quest for a friend. It eventually finds one, but at what cost...

The Musical Pig

1967

The Musical Pig poster
6.7

The musical pig in quest for a friend. It eventually finds one, but at what cost...

The Musical Pig

1967

Maxi Cat: Jaje poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maxi Cat: Jaje

1973

Professor Balthazar: Lighthouse Keeping poster
NR

Professor 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

Toadstool poster
NR

An unusual appointment with the doctor.

Toadstool

1973

Toadstool poster
NR

An unusual appointment with the doctor.

Toadstool

1973

Twiddle-Twaddle poster
NR

This 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

Twiddle-Twaddle poster
NR

This 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

Professor Balthazar: Doctor Don't Litt poster
NR

One 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

Little & Big poster
NR

A competitive game of one-upsmanship between two men, one small and one tall.

Little & Big

1966

Little & Big poster
NR

A competitive game of one-upsmanship between two men, one small and one tall.

Little & Big

1966

No artwork available
NR

An old frustrated bird who cannot fly tries to ventilate his anger by attacking a worm.

The Bird and the Worm

1977

Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story

1972

Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Maxi Cat: A Twisted Story

1972

Hot Stuff poster
6.6

This 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

Hot Stuff poster
6.6

This 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

Make Love, Not War poster
5.7

A 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

Make Love, Not War poster
5.7

A 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

Maxi Cat: The Lunch poster
NR

Maxi Cat's strange spaghetti.

Maxi Cat: The Lunch

1973

Maxi Cat: Hat poster
NR

What does a seemingly ordinary hat hide?

Maxi Cat: Hat

1973

Optimist and Pessimist poster
NR

A pessimistic film goer complains to his optimistic counterpart about the state of cinema, and the world at large.

Optimist and Pessimist

1973

Optimist and Pessimist poster
NR

A pessimistic film goer complains to his optimistic counterpart about the state of cinema, and the world at large.

Optimist and Pessimist

1973

Maxi Cat: The Door poster
NR

Where will this door take me?

Maxi Cat: The Door

1973