Directing

Bogdan Žižić

Known for

Directing

Credits

24 titles

Known for

The Cutting Press poster
7.0

After a hard day's work in the factory a woman spends her evening at home, lonely and full of desire.

The Cutting Press

1981

The Price of Life poster
9.0

Vojvodina, 1991. A Croatian civilian POW named Ivan manages to escape a Serbian prison camp. Finding nowhere else to go, he spends the night on a seemingly wealthy plot of land. The next morning, he's discovered by its owner, a Serb named Stevan, who offers him two choices. Either Ivan stays and does Stevan's dirty work, or he surrenders him to Serbian paramilitary authorities. During his stay he meets Ana, Stevan's daughter-in-law, whose trapped in a loveless marriage with his violent son Dušan, whose currently situated on the frontlines somewhere in Croatia. Finding company in each other's sorrow, the two Croats slowly begin to fall in love.

The Price of Life

1994

No artwork available
8.0

A doctor opens an ordination in the abandoned house of his parents which is supposedly haunted by ghosts, as claimed by its only tenants - the old servant and two maids. He starts having nightmares in which a pretty and young girl shows up.

The House of Ghosts

1998

No artwork available
7.2

This film shows a surreal train ride by several passengers whose journey is not quite what they expect in this brilliant short film.

A Journey

1972

Whatever You Can Spare poster
5.8

Zoran is a graduate student of psychology and she gets a motorcycle as a present from his father. Being an unskilled driver, he stumbles upon a girl Biba and she breaks her leg. To prevent a possible lawsuit, he visits her in the hospital. They continue to see each other, and soon fall in love. Biba is a girl from suburban shanty, while Zoran comes from a well-to-do family, and his parents refuse to accept the girl. Young couple gets married and lives temporarily in Biba's home, where they drove out Biba's brother, a petty criminal. While looking for a new apartment, the marriage breaks down. Zoran shines at his exam with thesis on "People from socially broken families", while Biba gives birth to their child in the hospital.

Whatever You Can Spare

1979

Early Frost in Munich poster
6.0

A Croatian guest worker who worked in Germany for many years, builds a house and a workshop for his 20 year old son back in their country of origin. However the son plans to marry his German girlfriend, and doesn't even think of returning to their land.

Early Frost in Munich

1984

Behind the camera

The Cutting Press poster
7.0

After a hard day's work in the factory a woman spends her evening at home, lonely and full of desire.

The Cutting Press

1981

The Cutting Press poster
7.0

After a hard day's work in the factory a woman spends her evening at home, lonely and full of desire.

The Cutting Press

1981

The Price of Life poster
9.0

Vojvodina, 1991. A Croatian civilian POW named Ivan manages to escape a Serbian prison camp. Finding nowhere else to go, he spends the night on a seemingly wealthy plot of land. The next morning, he's discovered by its owner, a Serb named Stevan, who offers him two choices. Either Ivan stays and does Stevan's dirty work, or he surrenders him to Serbian paramilitary authorities. During his stay he meets Ana, Stevan's daughter-in-law, whose trapped in a loveless marriage with his violent son Dušan, whose currently situated on the frontlines somewhere in Croatia. Finding company in each other's sorrow, the two Croats slowly begin to fall in love.

The Price of Life

1994

The Price of Life poster
9.0

Vojvodina, 1991. A Croatian civilian POW named Ivan manages to escape a Serbian prison camp. Finding nowhere else to go, he spends the night on a seemingly wealthy plot of land. The next morning, he's discovered by its owner, a Serb named Stevan, who offers him two choices. Either Ivan stays and does Stevan's dirty work, or he surrenders him to Serbian paramilitary authorities. During his stay he meets Ana, Stevan's daughter-in-law, whose trapped in a loveless marriage with his violent son Dušan, whose currently situated on the frontlines somewhere in Croatia. Finding company in each other's sorrow, the two Croats slowly begin to fall in love.

The Price of Life

1994

No artwork available
8.0

A doctor opens an ordination in the abandoned house of his parents which is supposedly haunted by ghosts, as claimed by its only tenants - the old servant and two maids. He starts having nightmares in which a pretty and young girl shows up.

The House of Ghosts

1998

No artwork available
7.2

This film shows a surreal train ride by several passengers whose journey is not quite what they expect in this brilliant short film.

A Journey

1972

No artwork available
7.2

This film shows a surreal train ride by several passengers whose journey is not quite what they expect in this brilliant short film.

A Journey

1972

Whatever You Can Spare poster
5.8

Zoran is a graduate student of psychology and she gets a motorcycle as a present from his father. Being an unskilled driver, he stumbles upon a girl Biba and she breaks her leg. To prevent a possible lawsuit, he visits her in the hospital. They continue to see each other, and soon fall in love. Biba is a girl from suburban shanty, while Zoran comes from a well-to-do family, and his parents refuse to accept the girl. Young couple gets married and lives temporarily in Biba's home, where they drove out Biba's brother, a petty criminal. While looking for a new apartment, the marriage breaks down. Zoran shines at his exam with thesis on "People from socially broken families", while Biba gives birth to their child in the hospital.

Whatever You Can Spare

1979

Whatever You Can Spare poster
5.8

Zoran is a graduate student of psychology and she gets a motorcycle as a present from his father. Being an unskilled driver, he stumbles upon a girl Biba and she breaks her leg. To prevent a possible lawsuit, he visits her in the hospital. They continue to see each other, and soon fall in love. Biba is a girl from suburban shanty, while Zoran comes from a well-to-do family, and his parents refuse to accept the girl. Young couple gets married and lives temporarily in Biba's home, where they drove out Biba's brother, a petty criminal. While looking for a new apartment, the marriage breaks down. Zoran shines at his exam with thesis on "People from socially broken families", while Biba gives birth to their child in the hospital.

Whatever You Can Spare

1979

Early Frost in Munich poster
6.0

A Croatian guest worker who worked in Germany for many years, builds a house and a workshop for his 20 year old son back in their country of origin. However the son plans to marry his German girlfriend, and doesn't even think of returning to their land.

Early Frost in Munich

1984

Don't Lean Out the Window poster
5.8

Encouraged by the stories of guest workers who pay visit to their homeland, a young man Filip finds himself on a central station in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany. While looking for his old friend Mate who would help him to get around in new environment, Filip experiences one trouble after another until he finally finds Mate lethally wounded.

Don't Lean Out the Window

1977

Don't Lean Out the Window poster
5.8

Encouraged by the stories of guest workers who pay visit to their homeland, a young man Filip finds himself on a central station in Frankfurt on the Main, Germany. While looking for his old friend Mate who would help him to get around in new environment, Filip experiences one trouble after another until he finally finds Mate lethally wounded.

Don't Lean Out the Window

1977

Foreign Worker poster
NR

By combining drawings, virtuoso sound and documentary materials, the film follows the work of Drago Trumbetas in Frankfurt. A "foreign worker" himself, Trumbetas created numerous testimonies through his masterful drawings about the painful life of emigrants in Germany.

Foreign Worker

1977

Foreign Worker poster
NR

By combining drawings, virtuoso sound and documentary materials, the film follows the work of Drago Trumbetas in Frankfurt. A "foreign worker" himself, Trumbetas created numerous testimonies through his masterful drawings about the painful life of emigrants in Germany.

Foreign Worker

1977

The House poster
7.8

The manager of an export-import company meets a young girl who claims that her parents have been taken their house away after WW2. After finding out this to be true, he offers to marry her which she accepts. However, it turns out that the house needs thorough restoration. Since his salary is not enough to cover its massive expenses, he puts his honesty on test.

The House

1975

The House poster
7.8

The manager of an export-import company meets a young girl who claims that her parents have been taken their house away after WW2. After finding out this to be true, he offers to marry her which she accepts. However, it turns out that the house needs thorough restoration. Since his salary is not enough to cover its massive expenses, he puts his honesty on test.

The House

1975

Jasenovac poster
6.5

Survivors of the Jasenovac WW2 Concentration Camp gather to commemorate the first memorial service and the unveilment of the flower monument.

Jasenovac

1966

Jasenovac poster
6.5

Survivors of the Jasenovac WW2 Concentration Camp gather to commemorate the first memorial service and the unveilment of the flower monument.

Jasenovac

1966

Very Funny poster
9.0

Short fiction film about a practical joke played on an unsuspecting victim, on a summer day in Split.

Very Funny

1973

Very Funny poster
9.0

Short fiction film about a practical joke played on an unsuspecting victim, on a summer day in Split.

Very Funny

1973

Praise to the Hand poster
10.0

The process of violin making performed by Ivan Hus (1898-1992), a well-known Croatian violin maker.

Praise to the Hand

1968

Praise to the Hand poster
10.0

The process of violin making performed by Ivan Hus (1898-1992), a well-known Croatian violin maker.

Praise to the Hand

1968

Dear Vincent poster
NR

Film is based on imaginary correspondence between Dragutin Trumbetaš and genius painter Van Gogh by pictures-letters in which Trumbetaš identified with a famous, unhappy and misunderstood artist. Film is a story of two artist, two faiths, but also a visual story on Trumbetaš' Turopolje and Posavina on one hand, and Van Gogh's Netherlands, Provence and Ille de France on the other.

Dear Vincent

2007

Dear Vincent poster
NR

Film is based on imaginary correspondence between Dragutin Trumbetaš and genius painter Van Gogh by pictures-letters in which Trumbetaš identified with a famous, unhappy and misunderstood artist. Film is a story of two artist, two faiths, but also a visual story on Trumbetaš' Turopolje and Posavina on one hand, and Van Gogh's Netherlands, Provence and Ille de France on the other.

Dear Vincent

2007