Branko Belan

15.09.1912, Postire on island Brač - 04.05.1986, Zagreb

 

Branko Belan graduated from the Faculty of Law in Zagreb, and obtained a doctor’s degree in 1936. In 1946 he started working on film as a member of the drama section of Jadran film. From 1970 to 1979 he lectured at the editing division of the Academy of Theatre, Film and Television. He published several novels and short stories. He shot only too long meters, one of which was the Concert – a film that shows much dramaturgic innovativeness and great directorial skill. Since he was a political misfit, Belan managed to shoot only one motion picture and few documentaries before definitely switching to film journalism and theory.

Filmography

- Dobričina (Goodfellow, 1966; documentary film
- Prozori Mediterana (Windows of Mediterannean, 1960); short film
- Pod sumnjom (Under suspicion, 1956)
- Koncert (Concert, 1954);
- Istarski puti (Istria’s Roads, 1953); documentary
- Ne spavaju svi noću (Everybody Sleeps at Night, 1951); documentary
- Ribari Jadrana (Fisherman of the Adriatic Sea, 1948); documentary
- Elektrifikacija (Electrification, 1948)
- Tunolovci (Tuna Catchers, 1948)


Films by this director

Concert

(Croatia, 1954)

Directed by: Branko Belan
PHOTOGRAPHY: Oktavijan Miletić
Synopsis:

It is the story of a piano that changes owners over several decades. The piano causes an accident in which the girl Emma gets hurt. Branded by her injury, she waits in solitude for the end of war and the arrival of the man she loves… suddenly she gets a chance to fulfill all her dreams, but she begins to question – is it not too late?

b/w, 35 mm, 92'

Mediteranski prozori

(1960)

Directed by: Branko Belan
PHOTOGRAPHY: Oktavijan Miletić
Synopsis:

Kroz mediteranske prozore predstavljen je život stanovnika obale našeg mora. Oni žive na tim prozorima promatrajući ulicu, rivu, more. Produkcija: Zagreb film – Studio za dokumentarni film (SDF)

b/w, 10'20''

Vriština i klasje

(Yugoslavia, Jadran film, 1949)

Directed by: Branko Belan
PHOTOGRAPHY: Jure Ruljančić
Synopsis:

Opisuju se život u novoizgrađenom selu u Lici i prednosti udruživanja seljaka u seljačke radne zadruge. Od kada su u jugoslavenski društveno-privredni sustav uvedene seljačke radne zadruge kao jedan od temelja izgradnje pravednijeg društva, u hrvatskoj kinematografiji obvezno je bilo svake godine napraviti barem jedan film koji bi poticao seljake na učlanjivanje u zadruge. Tipično za takve filmove, i Vriština i klasje sastojala se od prizora oduševljenih seljaka u ra...

b/w, 35 mm, 17'

Tunolovci

(Yugoslavia, Jadran film, 1948)

Directed by: Branko Belan
PHOTOGRAPHY: Krešo Grčević
Synopsis:

Prikazuje se način lova na tune na ribarskom brodu Kornat i svakodnevica tunolovaca. Film Tunolovci trebali su biti tek jedna duža sekvenca dokumentarnog filma Ribari Jadrana Branka Belana. Međutim, snimajući tunolovce u višednevnom iščekivanju pronalaska tune i napetom lovu Belan je shvatio da ima dovoljno materijala za izdvojeni dokumentarac. Rezultat je bio film koji se danas smatra prvim estetski ambicioznim i umjetnički uspjelim poslijeratnim hrvatskim dokumentarcem, u kojem...

b/w, 35 mm, 15'
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