Antun Vrdoljak

Directing

Antun Vrdoljak

Born 1931-06-05

Antun Vrdoljak is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he became involved in politics and became a prominent member of the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), which led to his appointment to a series of offices. He was director general of Croatian Radiotelevision (1991–95), and the president of the Croatian Olympic Committee (1991–2000).

Acting credits

The Year Long Road poster
6.7

Set in an unspecified country and an unspecified time period, the film follows a communist intelectual who, after travelling the world for many decades, decides to return and settle down to the place he grew up in, a small coastal village seemingly forgotten by time itself. With him, he brings news of the dawn of a new world on the horizon, with which he wishes to connect with through constructing a modern highway. This news is welcomed in the village, however, the construction of the road begins to bring out violent conflicts, reveals forbidden romances and ends up regressing the community even further into the darkness from which it wanted to escape.

The Year Long Road

1958

H-8... poster
7.5

A bus traveling from Belgrade to Zagreb is involved in a tragic accident when a reckless driver causes a catastrophic collision on a rainy night, leading to the tragic deaths of several passengers.

H-8...

1958

Atomic War Bride poster
6.0

At a church in the country, eternally optimistic John marries Maria, his Atomic War Bride, as a war starts, planes buzz overhead and bombs start dropping. Though John is "mobilized" by the military seconds after the ceremony, he and Maria seek to be reunited.

Atomic War Bride

1960

The Other Side of Welles poster
10.0

Film The Other Side of Welles portrays the life, work and intellectual heritage of Orson Welles in Yugoslavian federal unit "Socialist Republic of Croatia". Through the period of 25 years, he appeared as actor in several co productions made in Croatia (David and Goliath, Tartars, Austerlitz) - acted in few Yugoslavian film (Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Nicola Tesla) and directed two of his own film: The Trial and The Deep. As a Hollywood maverick, in Croatia he often found his shelter. Through the never before seen archive materials and the interviews with the people who worked with him, directors of this film, in the 90th anniversary of his birth and 20th of his passing, reveal the other side of Orson Welles

The Other Side of Welles

2005

Pula Confidential poster
NR

A documentary about the history of Yugoslavian Film Festival in Pula and ex-Yu cinema in general. Many legends of ex-Yu cinema were interviewed here.

Pula Confidential

2003

Nights and Days poster
10.0

A partisan battalion who was surrounded from all sides brings up decision to enter the city, so that the fighters could rest and recover. Due to fear of one of the partisans, the enemy discovers their plan, but fails to sabotage it.

Nights and Days

1959

Black Birds poster
5.4

WW2 story about group of prisoners who are trying to escape the death camp, run by local pro-Nazi militia.

Black Birds

1967

No artwork available
7.0

With a single, basic plot theme, this well-wrought drama of ultimate tragedy engages the viewer and gives pause for reflection. The tale focuses on the marriage of a man who is dominated and controlled by his own egoistic needs and illusions.

Heaven without Love

1959

Pero the Lump's Gang poster
7.3

A group of village boys found a gang under the leadership of the most intelligent amongst them - Pero the Lump. They decide to renovate an old and abandoned watermill on the outskirts of their village. A discord amongst the villages has caused the mill to remain unused. To make sure it stays closed, the corrupted steam mill owner is ready to bribe customers. Pero's gang does not want to give in under the pressure of corrupt villagers...

Pero the Lump's Gang

1970

Three Quarters of the Sun poster
8.3

A story of a group of men at a small frontier railway station who have been released from German concentration camps and are on their way home.

Three Quarters of the Sun

1959

Fortune Comes at Nine o'Clock poster
6.4

One day, Fortune and Worry come to town. Fortune leaves her magical cloak in the local inn, saying that it fulfills every wish to those who wear it. However, Worry knows that Fortune doesn't come alone, but brings worries with herself, too. The magical cloak changes its owner and fulfills the most unusual wishes of timid professor of violin, old night guard, naive student and blonde girl. When all their wishes are fulfilled, they find out that they did not achieve happiness.

Fortune Comes at Nine o'Clock

1961

It Was Not In Vain poster
5.8

Boris Buzančić plays an idealistic young doctor who is assigned a nearly deserted village. The backwards residents at first resent Buzančić's new-fangled methods. Gradually, he proves his worth and wins their confidence. The clincher comes when Buzančić rids the community of a despotic villain.

It Was Not In Vain

1957

The Wind Dropped Before Dawn poster
6.6

Members of Jasna's group are suspicious because of her firing from occupation Special police squad and they start avoiding her. She finds out the members of the group have been betrayed but they become even more suspicious. At the moment when they were ready to liquidate her the true traitor is revealed. Thanks to Jasna's courage an action becomes success and she regains their trust.

The Wind Dropped Before Dawn

1959

Protest poster
6.0

A man cannot bear the superficiality of human relationships, and when his best friend lets him down, he commits suicide by jumping off a skyscraper.

Protest

1967

Behind the camera

The General poster
1.8

During the Croatian War of Independance, former French Foreign Legion operrative Ante Gotovina offers his expertise to the newly founded Army of the Republic of Croatia, quickly gaining the favour of the country's higher ups and becoming one of the conflict's most recognizable faces, loved by his troops and feared by his enemies.

The General

2019

The General poster
1.8

During the Croatian War of Independance, former French Foreign Legion operrative Ante Gotovina offers his expertise to the newly founded Army of the Republic of Croatia, quickly gaining the favour of the country's higher ups and becoming one of the conflict's most recognizable faces, loved by his troops and feared by his enemies.

The General

2019

Long Dark Night poster
6.9

"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.

Long Dark Night

2004

Long Dark Night poster
6.9

"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.

Long Dark Night

2004

Long Dark Night poster
6.9

"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.

Long Dark Night

2004

From One Friday to the Next poster
7.0

Friday is the day that everyone goes away for the weekend. A bank clerk spends his weekend off a small island with his boat, but the weekend does not run its usual course.

From One Friday to the Next

1985

The Return poster
5.2

Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything changes when police arrests the group of youths under suspicion of being resistance sympathizers. Outraged townsfolk organize the siege of police station.

The Return

1979

The Return poster
5.2

Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything changes when police arrests the group of youths under suspicion of being resistance sympathizers. Outraged townsfolk organize the siege of police station.

The Return

1979

Cyclops poster
5.9

Melkior Tresic is one of many intellectuals in 1941 Zagreb who is helplessly waiting for the encroaching war.

Cyclops

1982

Cyclops poster
5.9

Melkior Tresic is one of many intellectuals in 1941 Zagreb who is helplessly waiting for the encroaching war.

Cyclops

1982

The Pine Tree in the Mountain poster
7.4

Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.

The Pine Tree in the Mountain

1971

The Pine Tree in the Mountain poster
7.4

Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.

The Pine Tree in the Mountain

1971

Deps poster
6.5

A film about a small-time gangster, a loser who seems is finally on the road of going straight.

Deps

1974

Deps poster
6.5

A film about a small-time gangster, a loser who seems is finally on the road of going straight.

Deps

1974

The Glembays poster
7.3

The Glembays of Zagreb are a rich family cursed with tragedies and haunted by sinister past. Leone Glembay, a rebelious son of the family patriarch, is becoming disgusted with hypocrisy, perversion and crime that runs in the family.

The Glembays

1988

The Glembays poster
7.3

The Glembays of Zagreb are a rich family cursed with tragedies and haunted by sinister past. Leone Glembay, a rebelious son of the family patriarch, is becoming disgusted with hypocrisy, perversion and crime that runs in the family.

The Glembays

1988

Ivan Lackovic-Croata poster
10.0

Short documentary about the naive painter Ivan Lacković-Croata.

Ivan Lackovic-Croata

1972

Ivan Lackovic-Croata poster
10.0

Short documentary about the naive painter Ivan Lacković-Croata.

Ivan Lackovic-Croata

1972

Carnival, Angel and Dust poster
8.0

Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them.

Carnival, Angel and Dust

1990

Carnival, Angel and Dust poster
8.0

Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them.

Carnival, Angel and Dust

1990

Snowstorm poster
5.8

A story about life adversities of an old emigrant who returns from America to his native village.

Snowstorm

1977

When You Hear the Bells poster
6.2

Banovina, sometime during the 1940s. A communist intelectual from Zagreb is summoned to act as a comissar for a small squadron of soldiers, left to fend on their own against the rapidly advancing enemy forces. But, the ethnic and religous tensions between the men soon lead to them showing their true colors.

When You Hear the Bells

1969

When You Hear the Bells poster
6.2

Banovina, sometime during the 1940s. A communist intelectual from Zagreb is summoned to act as a comissar for a small squadron of soldiers, left to fend on their own against the rapidly advancing enemy forces. But, the ethnic and religous tensions between the men soon lead to them showing their true colors.

When You Hear the Bells

1969

The Key poster
7.8

Segment "Duga ulica" (A Long Street): A young man named Boris and a girl, Vera, live in the same neighborhood. They meet one night when she loses her key. Boris invites her to spend the night at his place; Segment "Čekati" (To Wait): Married students, Ivan and Sonja, live in an old woman's apartment. She is sick and the couple hopes that she will die soon, so that they may inherit her apartment; Segment "Poslije predstave" (After the Play): A husband and a wife lose the key to their apartment and have to spend the night in a hotel. The experience is wonderful and renews their feelings for each other, if only for a night.

The Key

1965