
Directing
Vojislav 'Kokan' Rakonjac
Born — Died
1935-04-01 — 1969-06-12
Place of birth
Struga, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Known for
Directing
Credits
19 titles
Vojislav 'Kokan' Rakonjac was born on 1 April 1935 in Struga, Macedonia, Yugoslavia. He was a director and editor, known for Kapi, vode, ratnici (1962), Grad (1963) and Izdajnik (1964). He was married to Milena Dravic. He died on 12 June 1969 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.
Known for
Short film.
White Handkerchief
1957
6.4Two men, who have been fighting on the enemy sides in WWII, meet in the jazz club twenty years after. Mladen, who was a partisan at the time, recognizes a familiar face of a man whom he was supposed to shoot, but missed on purpose.
Before the Truth
1968
6.8A guard prevents the inmate's escape from the prison. During his second attempt, the inmate decides to save guard's life who have been fallen into the river while trying to catch him. Since the guard's job is now to keep an eye on him in the cell, they spend a lot time together and their hatred turns into a sincere friendship. The guard wants to help inmate to escape again.
The Walled In
1969
6.2Experimental short film from Yugoslavia with almost no plot. First half of the film displays a girl trapped behind some walls. She stumbles around trying to find a way out, and to see what's going on in the outer world. Her frustration grows as she cannot find a way out. Then she suddenly sees a man literally walking through a wall...
The Wall
1960
5.7One night, after a disastrous traffic accident, witnesses reported seeing a woman behind the wheel who fled the scene. In reality, it was four teenagers who stole a Peugeot 404 for a spin. Later, one of them got out and began hitchhiking, while the others were involved in a fatal accident after being chased by the police shortly afterward. The police continue their intensive search for the fourth teenager.
The Restless Ones
1967
Short film.
Forests Will Remain Green
1958
Behind the camera
Short film.
White Handkerchief
1957
Short film.
White Handkerchief
1957
6.4Two men, who have been fighting on the enemy sides in WWII, meet in the jazz club twenty years after. Mladen, who was a partisan at the time, recognizes a familiar face of a man whom he was supposed to shoot, but missed on purpose.
Before the Truth
1968
6.8A guard prevents the inmate's escape from the prison. During his second attempt, the inmate decides to save guard's life who have been fallen into the river while trying to catch him. Since the guard's job is now to keep an eye on him in the cell, they spend a lot time together and their hatred turns into a sincere friendship. The guard wants to help inmate to escape again.
The Walled In
1969
6.2Experimental short film from Yugoslavia with almost no plot. First half of the film displays a girl trapped behind some walls. She stumbles around trying to find a way out, and to see what's going on in the outer world. Her frustration grows as she cannot find a way out. Then she suddenly sees a man literally walking through a wall...
The Wall
1960
6.2Experimental short film from Yugoslavia with almost no plot. First half of the film displays a girl trapped behind some walls. She stumbles around trying to find a way out, and to see what's going on in the outer world. Her frustration grows as she cannot find a way out. Then she suddenly sees a man literally walking through a wall...
The Wall
1960
5.7One night, after a disastrous traffic accident, witnesses reported seeing a woman behind the wheel who fled the scene. In reality, it was four teenagers who stole a Peugeot 404 for a spin. Later, one of them got out and began hitchhiking, while the others were involved in a fatal accident after being chased by the police shortly afterward. The police continue their intensive search for the fourth teenager.
The Restless Ones
1967
Short film.
Forests Will Remain Green
1958
5.0A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate's village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives "night visits" from the village men. He starts a killing spree, causing panic among the locals.
Wild Seed
1967
6.8A three-part omnibus consisting of Kino Klub amateurs' work: Zivojin Pavlovic's dialogue-free "Live Waters" set in 1943, Marko Babac's "Warriors" about psychological look at the two patients in a hospital room, as well as Kokan Rakonjac's "Raindrops" about alcoholic's decaying relationship with his girlfriend.
Raindrops, Waters, Warriors
1962
6.8A three-part omnibus consisting of Kino Klub amateurs' work: Zivojin Pavlovic's dialogue-free "Live Waters" set in 1943, Marko Babac's "Warriors" about psychological look at the two patients in a hospital room, as well as Kokan Rakonjac's "Raindrops" about alcoholic's decaying relationship with his girlfriend.
Raindrops, Waters, Warriors
1962
6.1Three stories (Love, Heart, The Hoop) set in the urban, alienated world of a big city. It tells how thin is the line between melancholy and depression.
The City
1963
6.1Three stories (Love, Heart, The Hoop) set in the urban, alienated world of a big city. It tells how thin is the line between melancholy and depression.
The City
1963
8.0Short experimental film.
Afternoon of a Peacock
1966
A psychological study of a hero who, after being badly beaten up by Gestapo, rats on his comrades and friends and becomes their vicious killer. Now the death seems like a salvation to him.
The Traitor
1964
A psychological study of a hero who, after being badly beaten up by Gestapo, rats on his comrades and friends and becomes their vicious killer. Now the death seems like a salvation to him.
The Traitor
1964
A group of people go on a picnic in the mountains. Longing for some love and understanding, they try to get close to one another, but the barriers are insurmountable. Failing to pull through their nutshells of solitude, they get back to the city, the eternal desert.
Klaxon
1965
8.0Short experimental film.
Tears
1959
8.0Short experimental film.
Tears
1959
