Željko Senečić

Art

Željko Senečić

Born — Died

1933-01-18 — 2018-01-01

Place of birth

Zagreb, Croatia

Known for

Art

Credits

16 titles

Željko Senečić was a Croatian film and television production designer, film director and screenwriter. Senečić studied painting at the Zagreb Academy of Fine Arts and scenography at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts. His career in filmmaking and production design began in the early 1960s. His most memorable films include the Palme d'Or and Academy Award-winning The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel, 1979; directed by Volker Schlöndorff and partially filmed in Zagreb, with Senečić credited as production co-designer) and classics of Croatian cinema such as Rondo (1966), One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away (Tko pjeva zlo ne misli, 1970). Senečić won four Golden Arena for Best Production Design awards,…

Known for

Film credits

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

Sucks poster
NR

A film about peripheral theatre called Bagatella.

Sucks

2012

Sucks poster
NR

A film about peripheral theatre called Bagatella.

Sucks

2012

Either We Are or Aren't poster
NR

Luka Šušmek, a servant, daily laborer and a bit of a vagabond, makes his way through life with his favorite phrase – “either we are, or we are not”, but it causes nothing but troubles to him.

Either We Are or Aren't

1977

An Event poster
6.7

A grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner, Matijevic, follow them as they return home in order to rob them. The confrontation takes place in the forest.

An Event

1969

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
9.0

Whilst trying to take a break from reality by visiting Mount Srđ nearby Dubrovnik, Ana and her boyfriend Ivan are accosted by Montenegrin paramilitary troops of the Yugoslav People's Army. Ivan is killed and Ana is brutally raped. Years later, whilst looking through the footage of the invasion of Dubrovnik recorded by an amateur reporter named Čačo, she recognizes her rapist, and decides to publicaly shame him during her exhibition.

Dubrovnik Twilight

1999

No artwork available
9.0

Whilst trying to take a break from reality by visiting Mount Srđ nearby Dubrovnik, Ana and her boyfriend Ivan are accosted by Montenegrin paramilitary troops of the Yugoslav People's Army. Ivan is killed and Ana is brutally raped. Years later, whilst looking through the footage of the invasion of Dubrovnik recorded by an amateur reporter named Čačo, she recognizes her rapist, and decides to publicaly shame him during her exhibition.

Dubrovnik Twilight

1999

Delusion poster
7.0

A truck driver comes across a prostitute hitchhiking on the side of the road, offering her a ride from Zadar to Zagreb. During the drive, their personalities initially clash, but, soon they find out that they might be more alike than they initially thought.

Delusion

1998

Delusion poster
7.0

A truck driver comes across a prostitute hitchhiking on the side of the road, offering her a ride from Zadar to Zagreb. During the drive, their personalities initially clash, but, soon they find out that they might be more alike than they initially thought.

Delusion

1998

Pont Neuf poster
10.0

February 1908. Unhappy with the education provided to him in Munich, Croatian artist Josip Račić moves to Paris, where he finds accomodation in a rather cheap hotel. There he meets the cabaret singer Mary and a slew of other strange individuals, creating a palette of experiances that he then transforms into unique paintings.

Pont Neuf

1997

Pont Neuf poster
10.0

February 1908. Unhappy with the education provided to him in Munich, Croatian artist Josip Račić moves to Paris, where he finds accomodation in a rather cheap hotel. There he meets the cabaret singer Mary and a slew of other strange individuals, creating a palette of experiances that he then transforms into unique paintings.

Pont Neuf

1997