Krešimir Golik

Directing

Krešimir Golik

Born — Died

1922-05-20 — 1996-09-20

Place of birth

Fužine, Croatia

Known for

Directing

Credits

23 titles

Krešimir "Krešo" Golik was a Yugoslav and Croatian film and television director and screenwriter. In a creative career spanning five decades between the late 1940s and late 1980s, Golik directed a number of critically acclaimed feature films, short subjects and television series. Working almost exclusively at Zagreb-based production companies Jadran Film, Zagreb Film and Croatia Film, Golik is regarded as one of the most important directors in Croatian cinema and his 1970 comedy "One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away" is widely regarded as the greatest Croatian film ever made.

Known for

Motel Moonlight poster
6.0

A middle-aged married couple returns from a successful shopping trip in Trieste. Along the way, they stop at a motel with the romantic name "Moonlight" and decide to spend the night there.

Motel Moonlight

1976

The Orchid Villa poster
6.0

Successful writer (Boris), accompanied with his fiancé, returns to place where he grew up in hope to find inspiration for new book. But memories are somewhat distracting, especially those of an old love...

The Orchid Villa

1988

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away poster
6.7

Set in pre-World War II Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec). A dandy from Zagreb, Mr Fulir (played by Relja Bašić), starts flirting with Perica's mother during a family picnic. At first, Perica's father doesn't notice anything, but wants to marry off Perica's aunt, so he invites the man to their residence. After multiple rendezvous, Perica's father becomes aware of Fulir's attempts to seduce his wife.

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

1970

To Live on Love poster
6.6

A story about a couple whose problems start when she takes a job as a teacher in order to financially support his education.

To Live on Love

1973

I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers poster
7.0

The parents of a two boys remarried after divorce. The older one stayed with his father and his attractive young wife, while the younger one stayed with the mother and her new husband. On Sundays, the two boys visit the other family alternately, and the younger Djuro will soon realize that they have much more in common.

I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers

1968

Kala poster
6.2

The only true friend he had was an wolf. Or was it a dog?

Kala

1958

Behind the camera

Motel Moonlight poster
6.0

A middle-aged married couple returns from a successful shopping trip in Trieste. Along the way, they stop at a motel with the romantic name "Moonlight" and decide to spend the night there.

Motel Moonlight

1976

The Orchid Villa poster
6.0

Successful writer (Boris), accompanied with his fiancé, returns to place where he grew up in hope to find inspiration for new book. But memories are somewhat distracting, especially those of an old love...

The Orchid Villa

1988

The Orchid Villa poster
6.0

Successful writer (Boris), accompanied with his fiancé, returns to place where he grew up in hope to find inspiration for new book. But memories are somewhat distracting, especially those of an old love...

The Orchid Villa

1988

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away poster
6.7

Set in pre-World War II Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec). A dandy from Zagreb, Mr Fulir (played by Relja Bašić), starts flirting with Perica's mother during a family picnic. At first, Perica's father doesn't notice anything, but wants to marry off Perica's aunt, so he invites the man to their residence. After multiple rendezvous, Perica's father becomes aware of Fulir's attempts to seduce his wife.

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

1970

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away poster
6.7

Set in pre-World War II Zagreb, the story is seen through the eyes of 6-year-old Perica Šafranek (played by Tomislav Žganec). A dandy from Zagreb, Mr Fulir (played by Relja Bašić), starts flirting with Perica's mother during a family picnic. At first, Perica's father doesn't notice anything, but wants to marry off Perica's aunt, so he invites the man to their residence. After multiple rendezvous, Perica's father becomes aware of Fulir's attempts to seduce his wife.

One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away

1970

To Live on Love poster
6.6

A story about a couple whose problems start when she takes a job as a teacher in order to financially support his education.

To Live on Love

1973

To Live on Love poster
6.6

A story about a couple whose problems start when she takes a job as a teacher in order to financially support his education.

To Live on Love

1973

I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers poster
7.0

The parents of a two boys remarried after divorce. The older one stayed with his father and his attractive young wife, while the younger one stayed with the mother and her new husband. On Sundays, the two boys visit the other family alternately, and the younger Djuro will soon realize that they have much more in common.

I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers

1968

I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers poster
7.0

The parents of a two boys remarried after divorce. The older one stayed with his father and his attractive young wife, while the younger one stayed with the mother and her new husband. On Sundays, the two boys visit the other family alternately, and the younger Djuro will soon realize that they have much more in common.

I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers

1968

Kala poster
6.2

The only true friend he had was an wolf. Or was it a dog?

Kala

1958

A Shot poster
7.5

In 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

Blue 9 poster
5.8

Fabris, a center-forward and the key player of the harbour town's football team, is a selfish individualist who is believed that he's irreplaceable in the first squad. He's also a womanizer who tries to seduce pretty Nena, a member of the working's committee and successful swimmer. However, she's emotionally close to Zdravko, who is, same like Fabris, a worthy center-forward himself.

Blue 9

1950

Superfluous poster
6.2

Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and infatuated with her, he leaves the peasant brigade and Malena, a girl who as if she were overabundant, followed him to work the labour action. Mikajlo's courtship of Nada provokes laughter and ridicule, so ambitious 'Don Juan' returns to his brigade and the girl.

Superfluous

1962

Violet poster
6.4

Ljubica is a middle-aged woman who lives in Zagreb and works as an audio pedagogue with deaf-mute children. She herself has a small child, while her husband she hardly communicates to, works in Germany. Coincidentally, she starts an affair with Zlatko, a much younger yet a man from a wealthy background. Although Zlatko is not much concerned about bourgeois views of his parents and has sincere love for Ljubica, it seems that their relationship has no future...

Violet

1978

Choreography for a Camera and Dancers poster
10.0

The first experimental dance film from Croatia, which pays homage to the pioneer of experimental and dance film Maya Deren and her "Study in Choreography for Camera" from 1945. The theme of the film is inspired by a composition by Ivo Malec "Miniatures for Lewis Carroll", and the dance is performed by the members of the Studio for Contemporary Dance who, in black suits and white surroundings, seem to float in the space captured by the eye of the camera.

Choreography for a Camera and Dancers

1968

The Girl and the Oak poster
6.3

Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree and she is left without parents. Luckily, she gets adopted and continues to nurture the oak where her mother died. Many years later, Smilja is a handsome woman, but her jealous stepbrother Josip kills her boyfriend Ivan and rapes her. Ivan's brothers swear revenge.

The Girl and the Oak

1955

No artwork available
7.2

A movie follows a regular working day of a woman who works in a factory. She wakes up at 3am and goes to sleep at 10pm.

From 3 to 22

1966

No artwork available
7.2

A movie follows a regular working day of a woman who works in a factory. She wakes up at 3am and goes to sleep at 10pm.

From 3 to 22

1966

Boundary poster
7.5

Pajo is a hardworking, lonely but also very rich farmer. His son Toma was, however, bored with country life and tried to seek fortune in the city. Short on money, Toma returns to the farm for a handout while Pajo tries to convince him to stay.

Boundary

1973

Six Steps... to the World Record poster
7.5

This documentary tells the story about the athlete Vera Nikolić, Europan champion at 800 m, who trains hard in order to break the world. She is missing just a little bit…

Six Steps... to the World Record

1967

Six Steps... to the World Record poster
7.5

This documentary tells the story about the athlete Vera Nikolić, Europan champion at 800 m, who trains hard in order to break the world. She is missing just a little bit…

Six Steps... to the World Record

1967

How Much Is That Worth? poster
9.0

Portrait of a conductor and his job, who also works smaller jobs on the side, in order to earn enough money for his family.

How Much Is That Worth?

1969

How Much Is That Worth? poster
9.0

Portrait of a conductor and his job, who also works smaller jobs on the side, in order to earn enough money for his family.

How Much Is That Worth?

1969