
Directing
Nikola Kostelac
Born — Died
1920-09-07 — 1999-01-15
Place of birth
Yugoslavia
Known for
Directing
Credits
10 titles
Known for
7.0A boy falls into his prehistoric book and falls in love with a cave girl.
An Encounter in a Dream
1957
NRShort animated film.
Cupido
1961
NRShort animated film. The surreal routes and roads are combined with the late-night feeling of the short and cartoony cars designs.
Nocturno
1958
8.0Two men on the meadow fight for one flower.
On the Meadow
1957
10.0A 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
NRShort animated film.
All Because of a Plate
1959
Behind the camera
7.0A boy falls into his prehistoric book and falls in love with a cave girl.
An Encounter in a Dream
1957
NRShort animated film.
Cupido
1961
NRShort animated film.
Cupido
1961
NRShort animated film. The surreal routes and roads are combined with the late-night feeling of the short and cartoony cars designs.
Nocturno
1958
8.0Two men on the meadow fight for one flower.
On the Meadow
1957
10.0A 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
NRShort animated film.
All Because of a Plate
1959
7.5The 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
NRRobot 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
7.5A sports journalist engages in a romantic rivalry with a boxing champion.
The Ring
1959
