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NRThe story begins when we learn that the lives of the main characters, although quite different and seemingly unrelated, are actually intertwined on multiple levels. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, a great friendship and business partnership of Matko and Zoran rudely ended.
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
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NRBased on the novel of Arsen Diklić which describes the horrors of concentration camp Jasenovac.
The Children of Kozara
2026
7.0After a hunter commits a terrible act in 19th-century Croatia, he awakens the Drekavac, a mythical creature from Balkan folklore. When the creature takes his daughter, he sets out to confront it, only to discover that its vengeance—and his own guilt—cannot easily be escaped.
The Shrieker
2014
6.2Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
NRThe four private episodes connect several people who keep appearing, such as Inspector Danilo and his assistants. The first case begins when the conductor of a night tram at dawn discovers the body of an unknown man under the underpass ...
The File
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
Film credits
2020s · 1 titles
2010s · 6 titles
7.0After a hunter commits a terrible act in 19th-century Croatia, he awakens the Drekavac, a mythical creature from Balkan folklore. When the creature takes his daughter, he sets out to confront it, only to discover that its vengeance—and his own guilt—cannot easily be escaped.
The Shrieker
2014
NRSlobodan meets his father Nenad for the first time in twenty-five years to discuss signing over the deed of the house, which Nenad wants to leave him. Their relationship has been strained ever since Nenad left Croatia during the war in the nineties.
Letters
2019
7.9In order to recover the body of her son lost during the war in Bosnia, a grieving, but strong-willed Muslim woman, Halima, must track down her estranged niece, who we find carries a mysterious connection to him.
Halima's Path
2012
NRA film about peripheral theatre called Bagatella.
Sucks
2012
NRThe Fall. Two school kids on the bridge are about to admit something very important. On the same day, the avalanche of events unfolded between men, by no means are randomly directed to each other. It will result in one stopping of the elevator, one wheelchair, one night tram, one suicide thread, PTSP, wild sex, difference between the years, long silence and driving in the unknown, standing in the rain, a brutal confession, a video from the past, the deception of the deaf refugee, the traces of the Second World War and a gentle kiss.
Until the End of the Death
2018
7.0In the start of the breakup of Yugoslavia, in spring 1991, there is a group of young conscripted soldiers in a remote military outpost. Their army and country are falling apart and the war is starting nearby. Friends are facing a decision of their lives: should they stay or run?
Generation of 71
2011
2000s · 4 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
6.2Wanting to leave a good impression for his daughter's visit, a homeless war veteran devises a plan to break into a well-known criminal's old apartment and claim it as his own. But, when his plans are thwarted, his daughter becomes an unsuspecting target.
A Winter in Rio
2002
NRDuring the early stages of the Croatian War of Independance the Serbian paramilitary forces, assisted heavily by the People's Army of Yugoslavia, manage to make their way into the small town of Vukovar, which quickly becomes a no man's land. However, despite the chaos around him, radio reporter Siniša Glavašević is determined the get the word out, chronicling both the efforts of the Croatian army and the siege of the enemy side.
Remember Vukovar
2008
A painter comes to the hospital for scanning, believed he has cancer. He carries a gun to shot himself just in case if it proves that he's right. When the results turn out to be negative, he's perplexed because it's actually life that is rigorous, and should he use his weapon anyway.
Red and Black
2006
1990s · 7 titles
3.5In Norway a military plane crashes under mysterious circumstances: in his last message the pilot reported many lights falling from the sky. NATO wants to play down the incident, but the famous TV moderator George Abbot and the no less persistent journalist Milker sense a sensational story about UFOs and start snooping around in the area with help of pilot "Bird" McNamara. Inspired by the suspiciously rigorous isolation of the whole area around the crash point and cases of an unknown disease they have a closer look at the military's activities...
Project Alien
1990
NRBased on novel by M. Cihlar Nehajev, this TV drama testifies the position of intellectuals before the First World War. It raises several questions: what is the price of intellectual work, what’s the position of inteligentsia in the Croatian province, and what’s their role in the political movements.
A Doctor's Night
1990
9.0Eastern Croatian front, December 1991. Famed violinist Ivan Lesjak, his best friend and their travelling band perform for the exhausted soldiers on the frontlines. During one of these private concerts, the camp they're staying in is bombareded by Serbian forces. In the midst of the chaos, Ivan's best friend looses and arm and dies from his injuries soon after. Traumtized by what he saw, Ivan decides to leave the country and keep his parents company in their viennese apartment, however, the lights and crowds of the metropolis further increase his anxiety, until he meets Marina, another Croatian refugee who came to work in Austria as a nurse.
A Christmas in Vienna
1997
6.3A growing conflict between two criminals over the control of the Zagreb neighborhood of Pešćenica starts mirroring the ethnic and sociopolitical struggles in the world around them.
Red Dust
1999
7.0Wanting to escape the clutches of Zagreb's loan sharks, the host of a popular children's variety show takes on an assignment to go to perform in refugee camps nearby the city of Gospić. He's joined by Vrabac, his ten-year-old neighbor on the run from his violent older brother, and Tina, a young woman desperately seeking for fame and fortune.
A Journey Through the Dark Side
1996
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
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
1980s · 9 titles
6.2Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
The Secret of Nikola Tesla
1980
7.0Piano player is commissioned as an officer in WW1 Austro-Hungarian army. His sensitive soul is being tormented by war atrocities. And then he is ordered to hang an old lady...
In the Camp
1983
NRThe plot takes place in Croatia during and immediately after the April war in 1941. The protagonists are a group of soldiers of the Royal Yugoslav Army of Croatian nationality, some of whom will join the Ustashas and the newly founded NDH after the war, and some the anti-fascist movement.
Rifle at the Crack of Dawn
1981
NRA young pianist joins the partisans because he decides not to play for the Germans before the scheduled concert. By taking a random path, guided by his conscience, he was initially accused of being a spy. The young pianist will feel a certain uneasiness among the partisans all the time, thinking that the task of the moment is only a direct struggle with the enemy.
The Pianist
1983
NRKreso is in the eighth grade of elementary school and loves motorcycles and playing pinball. Because of his hobbies, he has a reputation as a bad boy, and he doesn't fare any better with grades either. His single mother is torn between jobs and has no understanding for his problems, so the boy is left to manage on his own.
Scenes from the Life of a Cheet Sheet
1987
7.0It’s the winter of 1942. A freight train on the section of the Slavonian railway Vinkovci-Nova Gradiska is under a special Gestapo escort. Fleeing misfortune and evil brought by war, the last wagon is the place of encounter of politicians, war smugglers, deserters and tamburitza players.
The Tamburitza Players
1982
NRLidija is a wealthy Zagreb lady who, during the German occupation, begins to collaborate with Yugoslav Resistance.
Lidija
1981
NRThe film deals with issues of life and work in self-governing socialist enterprises, i.e. the problems caused by the application of the Law on Associated Labor which passed several years before. The protagonists are the metal company workers who are launching a strike due to the reduction of salaries.
Strike in the Machine Factory
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 · 2 titles
NRDue to idealism, honesty and resoluteness, a driver in a transport company faces numerous problems in his living and working environment.
The Case of Filip Franjic
1978
8.0A projection of the situation in monarchist Yugoslavia after the infamous Proclamation and the Law on the Protection of the State, when repression and police violence stifled any progressive idea. Inspired by some literary works of Miroslav Krleza.
Tomo Bakran
1978
Series credits
NRThe story begins when we learn that the lives of the main characters, although quite different and seemingly unrelated, are actually intertwined on multiple levels. Through a series of unfortunate circumstances, a great friendship and business partnership of Matko and Zoran rudely ended.
Everything's Gonna Be Alright
—
NRThe four private episodes connect several people who keep appearing, such as Inspector Danilo and his assistants. The first case begins when the conductor of a night tram at dawn discovers the body of an unknown man under the underpass ...
The File
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
8.0A 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
1978
