Nikola Tanhofer

Directing

Nikola Tanhofer

Born — Died

1926-12-25 — 1998-11-24

Place of birth

Sesvete near Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia

Known for

Directing

Credits

11 titles

Nikola Tanhofer (25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Yugoslav film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His first film as director, It Was Not in Vain was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. His most accomplished film, H-8... (1958), won him a Golden Arena award at the Pula Film Festival. After two less successful films, the psychological war drama Osma vrata (1959) and Sreća dolazi u 9 (1961), the first Yugoslavian feature film with fantastical elements, he directed two somewhat more successful ones, Dvostruki obruč (1963) and Svanuće (1964). After directing Bablje ljeto (1970), he devoted himself to teaching at the Department for Film and Television Cine…

Known for

Behind the camera

Indian Summer poster
7.5

Two married couples cruise from town to town along the Adriatic coast. While men are occupied with booze and sea, their wives are more interested in the young "skipper", who seems to be a virgin. Frivolous flirting evolves into drama when one of the wives and the skipper start feeling something that appears to be love.

Indian Summer

1970

Double Circle poster
6.2

Treachery and escape from agents provocateurs of underground workers among the early days of national rising in Croatia.

Double Circle

1963

It Was Not In Vain poster
5.8

Boris Buzančić plays an idealistic young doctor who is assigned a nearly deserted village. The backwards residents at first resent Buzančić's new-fangled methods. Gradually, he proves his worth and wins their confidence. The clincher comes when Buzančić rids the community of a despotic villain.

It Was Not In Vain

1957

It Was Not In Vain poster
5.8

Boris Buzančić plays an idealistic young doctor who is assigned a nearly deserted village. The backwards residents at first resent Buzančić's new-fangled methods. Gradually, he proves his worth and wins their confidence. The clincher comes when Buzančić rids the community of a despotic villain.

It Was Not In Vain

1957

The Eighth Door poster
6.5

Story of an old university professor, who accidentally becomes involved in the activities of the resistance movement.

The Eighth Door

1959

H-8... poster
7.5

A bus traveling from Belgrade to Zagreb is involved in a tragic accident when a reckless driver causes a catastrophic collision on a rainy night, leading to the tragic deaths of several passengers.

H-8...

1958

The Siege poster
7.0

A group of partisans is under siege, surrounded by strong German forces. Some of them remember the events that preceded the siege. This is an omnibus of three intertwined stories.

The Siege

1956

Fortune Comes at Nine o'Clock poster
6.4

One day, Fortune and Worry come to town. Fortune leaves her magical cloak in the local inn, saying that it fulfills every wish to those who wear it. However, Worry knows that Fortune doesn't come alone, but brings worries with herself, too. The magical cloak changes its owner and fulfills the most unusual wishes of timid professor of violin, old night guard, naive student and blonde girl. When all their wishes are fulfilled, they find out that they did not achieve happiness.

Fortune Comes at Nine o'Clock

1961

Klempo poster
6.0

Holiday adventures of schoolboys spending their time on an airport taking flying lessons with sport planes.

Klempo

1958

Sunrise poster
7.8

Having learned of the love affair between his wife and his colleague, a train driver finds himself in a dilemma: only one move is enough to kill his opponent in a train accident that they've found themselves in.

Sunrise

1964

Sunrise poster
7.8

Having learned of the love affair between his wife and his colleague, a train driver finds himself in a dilemma: only one move is enough to kill his opponent in a train accident that they've found themselves in.

Sunrise

1964