Krsto Škanata

Directing

Krsto Škanata

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Krsto Škanata was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, born in Tivat on 12 January 1924. In a career spanning 40 years, he directed over 40 documentaries, among which many were included in the anthologies of the documentary genre. His films were victims of frequent bans by the Yugoslav government. He died on 18 February 2017 in Belgrade.

Known for

Behind the camera

A Vampire's Nostalgia poster
5.8

About a domestic traitor who helped the Italians kill his fellow Dalmatians.

A Vampire's Nostalgia

1968

A Vampire's Nostalgia poster
5.8

About a domestic traitor who helped the Italians kill his fellow Dalmatians.

A Vampire's Nostalgia

1968

Communists of Yugoslavia poster
9.0

Documentary movie about the Communists of Yugoslavia.

Communists of Yugoslavia

1975

Communists of Yugoslavia poster
9.0

Documentary movie about the Communists of Yugoslavia.

Communists of Yugoslavia

1975

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7.0

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Life-Saving Drops

1954

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10.0

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Unit of Peace

1957

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

White Harvests

1958

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

White Harvests

1958

Great Century poster
8.0

Documentary by Krsto Skanata.

Great Century

1958

The Arrival poster
7.5

"UIjez" shows the events in the then Kosovo, that is, the process of industrialization and modernization that symbolizes the arrival of excavators and other construction machinery.

The Arrival

1965

The Arrival poster
7.5

"UIjez" shows the events in the then Kosovo, that is, the process of industrialization and modernization that symbolizes the arrival of excavators and other construction machinery.

The Arrival

1965

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8.0

Documentary movie about the Ustashe.

Ustashe

1973

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8.0

Documentary movie about the Ustashe.

Ustashe

1973

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10.0

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Think It Over

1961

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8.0

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Good Luck

1967

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8.0

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Good Luck

1967

Lovćen poster
NR

The movie shows the demolition of the old chapel on Jezerski vrh on Lovćen where the Montenegrin bishop Petar Petrović Njegoš was buried, and the subsequent construction of today's Njegoš mausoleum. The film was completed in the 1970s, but it was not available to the public, it was banned and it ended up in a bunker until the beginning of the 1990s, when it was shown on the Radio Television of Serbia.

Lovćen

1996

Lovćen poster
NR

The movie shows the demolition of the old chapel on Jezerski vrh on Lovćen where the Montenegrin bishop Petar Petrović Njegoš was buried, and the subsequent construction of today's Njegoš mausoleum. The film was completed in the 1970s, but it was not available to the public, it was banned and it ended up in a bunker until the beginning of the 1990s, when it was shown on the Radio Television of Serbia.

Lovćen

1996

Terrorists poster
10.0

Documentary about Croatian Ustashe terrorists and their attacks in Yugoslavia.

Terrorists

1970

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NR

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Debt of Conscience

1957

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NR

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Debt of Conscience

1957

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Relay of Youth

1957

No artwork available
NR

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Relay of Youth

1957

No artwork available
8.0

Short movie.

Ateks

1983

No artwork available
8.0

Short movie.

Ateks

1983

Mosevac poster
NR

Residents of the village of Moševac near Maglaj replaced the local officials due to embezzlement and elected two young men, Dževad and Hasan, as leaders of the local community. But the bureaucracy has not been defeated, it does not recognize the democratically elected youth.

Mosevac

1988

Mosevac poster
NR

Residents of the village of Moševac near Maglaj replaced the local officials due to embezzlement and elected two young men, Dževad and Hasan, as leaders of the local community. But the bureaucracy has not been defeated, it does not recognize the democratically elected youth.

Mosevac

1988

Tito poster
10.0

Documentary about Josip Broz Tito, made when he was still alive and ruling Yugoslavia.

Tito

1977

Tito poster
10.0

Documentary about Josip Broz Tito, made when he was still alive and ruling Yugoslavia.

Tito

1977

God and Croats poster
NR

The film dedicated to the victims of the Ustasha genocide from 1941-1945. It shows the rise and fall of Independent State of Croatia during second World War as well as genocide that happened during this regime.

God and Croats

1993

God and Croats poster
NR

The film dedicated to the victims of the Ustasha genocide from 1941-1945. It shows the rise and fall of Independent State of Croatia during second World War as well as genocide that happened during this regime.

God and Croats

1993

Soldier, Go Away! poster
8.0

It tells a story about Bosnian ex-fighter who lost his whole family in the WW2.

Soldier, Go Away!

1966

Soldier, Go Away! poster
8.0

It tells a story about Bosnian ex-fighter who lost his whole family in the WW2.

Soldier, Go Away!

1966

I Renounce The World poster
6.0

A film about young girls from the villages that go to the monastery and break any connection with the outside world. The portrayal of a ritual in which girls turn from world to sanctuary, and become nuns.

I Renounce The World

1965

I Renounce The World poster
6.0

A film about young girls from the villages that go to the monastery and break any connection with the outside world. The portrayal of a ritual in which girls turn from world to sanctuary, and become nuns.

I Renounce The World

1965

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.

Work and Physical Exercise

1958

In the Shadow of Magic poster
10.0

Educational film that shows all the horrors that witch-doctors caused in backwards villages before modern medicine took over.

In the Shadow of Magic

1955

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9.0

A story about oppression and inhumane treatment of women in backward areas of the country. Woman is equal, but where the law ends, the woman's husband is the only existing law.

Where the Law Ends

1963

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9.0

Documentary film thay depicts the life and career of the then Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. It represents the second film Škanata made about Tito's life (after the short film Tito three years earlier, i.e. the last film made about Tito during his lifetime).

Josip Broz Tito

1980

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9.0

Documentary film thay depicts the life and career of the then Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. It represents the second film Škanata made about Tito's life (after the short film Tito three years earlier, i.e. the last film made about Tito during his lifetime).

Josip Broz Tito

1980