Nikola Kostelac

Directing

Nikola Kostelac

Born — Died

1920-09-07 — 1999-01-15

Place of birth

Yugoslavia

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

An Encounter in a Dream poster
7.0

A boy falls into his prehistoric book and falls in love with a cave girl.

An Encounter in a Dream

1957

Cupido poster
NR

Short animated film.

Cupido

1961

Cupido poster
NR

Short animated film.

Cupido

1961

Nocturno poster
NR

Short animated film. The surreal routes and roads are combined with the late-night feeling of the short and cartoony cars designs.

Nocturno

1958

On the Meadow poster
8.0

Two men on the meadow fight for one flower.

On the Meadow

1957

Opening Night poster
10.0

A poster announcing the opening night of an opera. A crowd of snobs, so called »music lovers« rushes in. The tenor, well aware of his magnificence, has some troubles in his wardrobe with his button refusing to fit in his collar.

Opening Night

1957

All Because of a Plate poster
NR

Short animated film.

All Because of a Plate

1959

Little Red Riding Hood poster
7.5

The first color cartoon made in Yugoslavia and the first award-winning cartoon of Yugoslav cinema, with a diploma at the Berlin Film Festival. Writing a review of the Little Red Riding Hood in the Narodni list (April 9, 1955), Nenad Turkalj humorously remarks: “From the material on which Disney would base the entire (episodically stretched) feature film, our artists have made a witty foreplay, which is suitable for both its purposes: as a suggestive storyline for children’s imagination, and as a funny coloured spectacle for adult viewers who will laugh at many jokes.

Little Red Riding Hood

1954

An All-Round Help poster
NR

Robot Minus serves Doctor Sinus, its creator and constructor, who works at a desk. However, a magnetic horseshoe gets into the robot’s mechanism and disrupts its functioning. Dr. Sinus first tries to tame the Robot, then breaks it, but it’s all in vain.

An All-Round Help

1959

The Ring poster
7.5

A sports journalist engages in a romantic rivalry with a boxing champion.

The Ring

1959