
Directing
Žorž Skrigin
Born — Died
1910-07-03 — 1997-10-31
Place of birth
Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]
Known for
Directing
Credits
9 titles
Žorž Skrigin was born on 4 July 1910 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire. He participated in World War II as a Yugoslav partisan, and was also a film director, screenwriter, and photographer. He was married to Olga Skrigin, a prominent Yugoslav film editor.
Known for
5.9A tragicomic tale of lumberjack who joined the partisans during WW2. As a corporal, he successfully and courageously fulfilled the combat tasks with his partisan battalion. The commander sends him on a special assignment.
Cat Under a Helmet
1962
7.0Through several entangled stories, province atmosphere is shown, in which new ideas are hard to penetrate. Parallel with the seventh anniversary of peasant's cooperative farm, activity of a priest, who wants to restore the iconostasis, is followed. Local photographer intrigues - in small town in which the villagers want to become football champions.
Comrade President Center-Forward
1961
9.2After becoming a minister's wife, Živka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her fashionable way of life is of short duration, since her husband is forced to resign after being involved in a scandal. Based on highly popular Serbian comedy novel by Branislav Nušić.
The Cabinet Minister's Wife
1958
6.0After breaking the enemy's rings, a partisan batch is left only with three wounded and two healthy fighters. Through his binoculars, the German captain Anders monitors the surviving soldiers who are walking through the fog in an effort to reach their brigade. Anders quietly starts a manhunt on wounded while anticipating their physical and mental exhaustion.
Steps Through the Mist
1967
8.0The struggle of two Serbian peasants to choose between love of their families and love of their country.
Two Peasants
1955
7.0Jelena and dr Mirkovic realize that their relationship is not just fulfilling the party's task of better maintenance of the illegal press. When Mirkovic joined partisans, one of the illegal fighters didn't endure interrogation of the police and reveals the pressroom's location. Jelena manages to save herself and the press continues its work.
The Pursuit
1956
Behind the camera
5.9A tragicomic tale of lumberjack who joined the partisans during WW2. As a corporal, he successfully and courageously fulfilled the combat tasks with his partisan battalion. The commander sends him on a special assignment.
Cat Under a Helmet
1962
7.0Through several entangled stories, province atmosphere is shown, in which new ideas are hard to penetrate. Parallel with the seventh anniversary of peasant's cooperative farm, activity of a priest, who wants to restore the iconostasis, is followed. Local photographer intrigues - in small town in which the villagers want to become football champions.
Comrade President Center-Forward
1961
9.2After becoming a minister's wife, Živka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her fashionable way of life is of short duration, since her husband is forced to resign after being involved in a scandal. Based on highly popular Serbian comedy novel by Branislav Nušić.
The Cabinet Minister's Wife
1958
6.0After breaking the enemy's rings, a partisan batch is left only with three wounded and two healthy fighters. Through his binoculars, the German captain Anders monitors the surviving soldiers who are walking through the fog in an effort to reach their brigade. Anders quietly starts a manhunt on wounded while anticipating their physical and mental exhaustion.
Steps Through the Mist
1967
8.0The struggle of two Serbian peasants to choose between love of their families and love of their country.
Two Peasants
1955
7.0Jelena and dr Mirkovic realize that their relationship is not just fulfilling the party's task of better maintenance of the illegal press. When Mirkovic joined partisans, one of the illegal fighters didn't endure interrogation of the police and reveals the pressroom's location. Jelena manages to save herself and the press continues its work.
The Pursuit
1956
5.6Musical comedy set in show-biz milieu.
The Great Tour
1961
A film about blood revenge in Montenegro.
The Bloody Shirt
1957
9.0A documentary about the Balkan country.
Macedonia
1948
