Acting
Đuro Utješanović
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Acting
Credits
37 titles
Known for
7.3With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves.
Journey to Vucjak
1986
NRIn the center of the story is an old bachelor, honest man who is unable to prove his honesty because his only proof, a statuette, has been broken. The film is set in the earliest days of socialism after the WW2.
The Statuette
1972
8.5Based on the Ante Kovačić's novel "U registraturi" (In the Registrar's Office, 1888.) Tells the story of Ivica Kicmanovic – from his childhood to his eventual downfall caused by a femme fatale Laura. 9 episodes in total.
In the Registrar's Office
1974
7.0"You're lying, Melita" is a Croatian television miniseries from 1983. about a little girl who thinks there's nothing wrong with choosing not to tell the truth. Based on a short novel by Ivan Kušan.
You're Lying, Melita
1983
8.0Christmas Eve, 1995. Two best friends meet up to spend their holidays together after a long period of absence. Whilst reminiscing about the coming of age in late 1950s Zagreb, they remember a mysterious woman they both fell in love with during that time.
Fergismajniht: Forget Me Not
1996
NRAn ambitious carpenter from Dalmatian village puts an old mill back in function in order to prove himself worthy among the locals.
Thirty Horses
1988
Film credits
2000s · 2 titles
6.7Socialist Croatia, sometime during the 1980s. After he's accused of a crime he didn't commit, Martin is sent to a high-security state prison where he accidentally becomes a target of a violent gang.
Is It Clear, My Friend?
2000
8.0After a famous actor is dumped by his lover on New Year's Eve, he starts seeking comfort in unusual places, eventually finding it in the arms of a compassionate nun.
Remembering Georgija
2002
1990s · 10 titles
8.0Christmas Eve, 1995. Two best friends meet up to spend their holidays together after a long period of absence. Whilst reminiscing about the coming of age in late 1950s Zagreb, they remember a mysterious woman they both fell in love with during that time.
Fergismajniht: Forget Me Not
1996
7.5Two friends, Fabijan and Dakar, each with their own murky past, decide to go on a fishing trip. However, a lazy spring afternoon becomes a fight for survival after they're attacked by group of mysterious strangers.
The Time of Warriors
1991
5.4After returning from the Eastern Front to their small Croatian village as veterans of the First World War, Jovan Stanisavljević (nicknamed Čaruga) and his comrade known only as Mali join forces with the gang led by a local bandit and communist revolutionary Boža The Red. After Boža is brutally murdered by law enforcement officials, Čaruga takes over as the gang's leader, turning them into a bloodthirsty troop that won't take no for an answer.
Charuga
1991
10.0In Autumn of 1991, a Croatian soldier looses his wife and home to Serbian forces. Panicked, he grabs his daughter and, with nowhere else left to go, they leave for Zagreb, hoping to find shelter there. But, it turns out the streets of the war torn capitol are not much more safe nor pleasant than the village they had to leave behind.
Every Time We Part
1997
8.0Three stories from the Mediterranean region that deal with feelings of loneliness, disappointment and transience, and efforts to overcome them.
Carnival, Angel and Dust
1990
6.3The seemingly pleasant life of Marija and her son Darko is broken when their village is attacked by the Serbian chetniks, forcing them to evacuate and look for new living and employment opportunites in the nearby city, with the former taking a job in the washroom of the local hospital and the latter, against his mother's wishes, deciding to join the Croatian Army. A few weeks later, Marija recieves the news of her son's passing and decides to head into no man's land to retrieve his remains and bury them in the village they both grew up in.
The Time For...
1993
6.0Homesick and desperate to provide proper financial care for his wife, Croatian migrant worker Cinco, decides to fake his death, and asks his best friend Marinko to steal the hearse he'll be transported in and drive it from Germany to Croatia. However, not everyone is fully aware of the true ramifications of Cinco's plan and the two are targeted by the German mafia, Serbian spies and, upon their return to their homeland, violent separatist paramilitary groups and superstitious locals.
When the Dead Start Singing
1998
5.8In the midst of the rising political tensions of the former Yugoslavia, a young man stumbles across evidence that might prove that his grandfather, who had been labled as an enemy of the state and sentenced to a prison camp, was actually been innocent all along.
Fragments: A Chronicle of a Vanishing
1991
8.0Lifelong rivalry between police inspector and professional criminal escalates on New Years Eve, 1990.
New Year's Eve Robbery
1997
NRAfter a young man marries a serpent disguised as a human woman., his elderly mother ventures out into the nearby forest to ask the ancient Slavic god Stribor for assistance in curing him of the demon's spells.
Stribor's Forest
1991
1980s · 7 titles
NRAn ambitious carpenter from Dalmatian village puts an old mill back in function in order to prove himself worthy among the locals.
Thirty Horses
1988
7.8Deals with the father-son conflict in a farming family. The two never see eye to eye especially over the way the farm is run. The boy opts for a different way of life and also falls in love with a dumb girl to the horror of his family.
I Want to Live
1982
10.0An insight into multi-layered relations between natives and newcomers in the town of Pula following WWII and departure of Angloamerican forces.
The Istrian Way
1985
6.0A power-cut in a great apartment building brings the tenants together.
Southbound Train
1981
9.0A stray dog tries to find suitable boss in a newly-built city resort.
Don't Give in, Flockey!
1986
7.0The adaptation of a lesser known novel by Nobelist Ivo Andric, which describes the life of a spinster who was overwhelmed by a single passion: avarice.
The Woman from Sarajevo
1980
NRDuring the WWII, the communist resistance, with the help of a few local anti-fascists, makes sabotage and obstructs the actions of the Yugoslav quislings.
The Trojan Horse
1982
1970s · 9 titles
NRIn the center of the story is an old bachelor, honest man who is unable to prove his honesty because his only proof, a statuette, has been broken. The film is set in the earliest days of socialism after the WW2.
The Statuette
1972
7.4Communist 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
9.0The action takes place in a village where police investigates a murder committed because of an accordion.
The Accordion
1972
7.5In a village of heterogeneous ethnic composition (populated by Serbs and Croats), the local hunter gets wounded by an accidental shot which stirs up passion among the two communities.
A Shot
1977
NRA bad decision makes lots of conflict within a group of friends.
Indulged
1971
6.3Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to death in order to provide defence against the Turks. But, the worst things were arrogant local feudal lords led by Franjo Tahi who were oppresing the common folk. All that led to the great peasant revolt of 1573. The movie is made for the 400th anniversary of the event.
Anno Domini 1573
1975
6.9Sfaira (1971-1984) dedicated to Pythagoras and Plato is a homage to two of his favourite spheroids: the Earth and the Sun.
Daredevil Times
1977
NRThe action takes place in the Dalmatian hinterland and displays how the effects of modern life disintegrate local population in the villages.
Big Shade
1978
NRThe story of the Partisan, understated idealists… who happily lives in post-war society. The problem arises when his comrades Sylvia wants to declare war memoirs where your credit stands out in an attack on a particularly important strategic enemy position called “The Rooster’s Beak”.
The Rooster's Beak
1971
Series credits
7.3With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves.
Journey to Vucjak
1986
8.5Based on the Ante Kovačić's novel "U registraturi" (In the Registrar's Office, 1888.) Tells the story of Ivica Kicmanovic – from his childhood to his eventual downfall caused by a femme fatale Laura. 9 episodes in total.
In the Registrar's Office
1974
7.0"You're lying, Melita" is a Croatian television miniseries from 1983. about a little girl who thinks there's nothing wrong with choosing not to tell the truth. Based on a short novel by Ivan Kušan.
You're Lying, Melita
1983
9.3A Croatian comedy show hosted by Željko Pervan that originally aired on OTV between 1995 and 1998, and later on Nova TV and HRT. It is largely improvisational and spontaneous, featuring Pervan as a teacher to a group of students, debating various political and societal problems.
Evening School
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NRNo synopsis available yet.
Covik I po
1974
9.0Apart from the fact that he feels neither as a citizen nor as a peasant, nothing binds the main protagonist to his place of birth in this typical Simunovic work about homo duplex, deeply contaminated with a feeling of pain.
The Foreigner
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NRAn adaptation of Ivo Kozarčanin's novel of the same name and consists of four episodes. The protagonist is a young official named Valentin, and the plot shows his childhood, growing up and a disastrous marriage that will end in murder.
The Man Himself
1970
7.0The television humorous series is based on the screenplay by renowned Croatian writer Mirko Bozic. In ten episodes, we look at the various ups and downs of socialist leaders, which authors use to talk about what really interests them, and that is the mentality of the people in the Sinj region in Croatia. Original title: ČOVIK I PO
A Hell of a Guy
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NRIgnored by the stories of the hawks and their weapons, little Tugomil can not resist the desire to shoot from the shotgun shot by his father Tomo. The boy will realize that he was flawed only when the old Martin was surrounded by gendarmes.
Highlands
1985
