Petar Krelja

24.06.1940, Štip, Makedonija

 

Director
Krelja is one of the leading documentary makers and a renowned film critic from the generation of the so-called Hitchcock followers (promoters of auteur criticism). For many years, he worked as a film editor on the first program of Croatian radio (formerly Radio Zagreb). He studied comparative literature at the University of Philosophy in Zagreb, and has been working in film since the end of the 60’s. In the 70’s he established himself as the author of emotionally engaging documentaries about society’s \outsiders\, especially children and young adults (e.g. Povratak, 1975; Prihvatna stanica, 1977). Also notable is his work about unusual social and psychological phenomena (e.g. Ponude pod broj..., 1969; Coprnice, 1971) as well as his socially critical films (Recital, 1972; Splendid Isolation, 1973). In the 90’s, faced with the consequences of war in Croatia, he often portrayed the destinies of war exiles and victims (e.g. Zoran Šipuš i njegova Jasna, 1992; Suzanin osmjeh, 1993). The same theme is present in the documentary omnibus Hrvatski triptih (1993, director of two episodes, while the third was directed by Edi Mudronja). Another valuable documentary is Kovačica/Ljubičin dar (1991) about a naive painter. His most famous feature film is Vlakom prema jugu (1981), a comedy about the inhabitants of an apartment building in Novi Zagreb, relying on the tradition of Krešo Golik. He was the editor and writer of the text in the monograph Golik (1997).



Petar Krelja - program I

Petar Krelja - program II

Program FAS II /short films

Slomljeno krilo (2012)

Filmography


Films by this director

Southbound Train

(1981)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Goran Trbuljak
Synopsis:

Marina, Branko Ban, and their small son rent an apartment in a skyscraper in Zapruđe. One day, when Branko is at work, a water pipe breaks and all the inhabitants of the building are endangered. They soon realize that nobody is responsible for their building and that the damage will not be easily repaired. However, this tribulation brings them closer together….

color, 35 mm, 97 min

Stela

(Yugoslavia, Urania film, Avala film, 1990)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ivica Rajković
Synopsis:

Social workers in Zagreb decide to send their protégé, the problematic twenty-year-old Stela, to a home for problematic social cases on the island Cres. On the way to Cres, a young social worker who accompanies Stela realizes that she is, in fact, a very sensitive girl, and is merely a victim of unresolved family conflicts. He decides to help her and disobey the rules. Along the way Stela’s attractiveness and sensitivity make him fall in love with her…

color, digital, 91'

Anina američka adresa

(2005)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Karmelo Kursar
Synopsis:

This is a story about Ana Vidović, internationally acclaimed guitarist. The movie consists of film and video sequences from Ana’s daily life and follows her musical maturation in the period between 1986, when she was four years old and made her first musical steps in her hometown Velika Jelsa, and 2005 when she won a scholarship for the Peabody Academy in Baltimore, and then later at the age of 24, when she became a regular guest at many world famous concert halls. In this film Ana, besides demo...

color, 66 min

Splendid isolation

(1973)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ivica Rajković
Synopsis:

Dokumentarni film koji opisuje ljude u nevolji koji noće u skromnoj drvenoj baraci smještenoj iza raskošna hotela Esplanade. Film je neslužbeno zabranjen i premijerno prikazan tek 1992.

color, 10 min

Domoljubni vremeplov

(2011.)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nikola Tanhofer, Vladimir Trauber, Branko Cahun i Karmelo Kursar (korišteni filmski materijali iz arhive HRT-a)
Synopsis:

Ovaj dokumentarac (polemički) rekapitulira noviju hrvatsku povijest, počevši od hrvatskoga proljeća pa sve do naših dana, a zasniva se na dvojakom dokumentarnome materijalu. Temeljnu trasu projekta čine četiri socijalno-kritička dokumentaraca iz autorove filmografije. To su: Recital, 1972. (grotesknost komunističkih rituala), Poslije štrajka, 1988. (krah socijalizama), Na sporednom kolosijeku, 1992. (žrtve rata) i Drugi Dubrovnik, 2007. (beskućnici). Ti su dokumentarci međusobno povezani autenti...

beta, 130 min

Oluje se uvijek vraćaju kući

(2014.)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
Synopsis:

Oluje se uvijek vraćaju kući (2014.) redatelj Petar Krelja Premijera najnovijeg dokumentarnog filma redatelja Petra Krelje „Oluje se uvijek vraćaju kući“ 23. prosinca u 19 sati, u velikoj dvorani kina Tuškanac. Pedesetminutni dokumentarac Oluje se uvijek vraćaju kući govori o piscu Robertu Međurečanu, koji je 1991., kao pripadnik 102 brigade, bio izravnim sudionikom (i svjedokom) jednog od najtežih debakala hrvatske vojske za vrijeme Domovinskog rata. Tragični se događaj, koji je u jedn...

color, 50 min

Ponude pod broj

(1969)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Branko Bubenik
Synopsis:

Realiziran u produkciji Filmskog autorskog studija, debitantski dokumentarni film doajena hrvatske dokumentaristike Petra Krelje (Recital, Splendid Isolation, Na sporednom kolosijeku, Drugi Dubrovnik), autora više od 250 dokumentaraca, ostvarenje je u kojem autor kroz perspektivu novinskih malih oglasa predočava socijalnu sliku društva. U tim oglasima jedan mladić traži podstanarski stan, jedna djevojka traga za poslom a samohrana majka s djetetom pokušava pronaći životnog p...

b/w, 10'

Recital

(Croatia, 1972)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nikola Tanhofer
Synopsis:

Prikaz priredbe u povodu jugoslavenskog Dana Republike u Domu kulture mjesta Novigrad Podravski… Dojam diletantizma i patetike proslave Dana Republike u urnebesnom remek-djelu Petra Krelja Recital autor je povećao uporabom filmskih izražajnih postupaka koji samo naizgled služe veličanju uzvišenosti priredbe. Ako tome dodamo scenu u kojoj se scenska revolucionarna patetika izmjenjuje s kadrovima plaćanja pića na šanku te neke nenamjerne detalje filma (npr. lančić s raspelom...

color, digital restauracija, 14'

32 nadnice

(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1987)

Directed by: Petar Krelja
PHOTOGRAPHY: Ivica Rajković
Synopsis:

Dok turisti uživaju u plažama Rapca u Istri, u obližnjem rudniku rudar Joko Ogribić radi i vikendom da bi skupio 32 nadnice i prehranio svoju obitelj… Četrdesetak godina nakon propagandnih dokumentaraca o trijumfima jugoslavenskih rudara Petar Krelja u potresnom dokumentarcu 32 nadnice prikazuje realnost rudarskog života. Trijumf je rezerviran, tada kao i danas, samo za procvat turizma. Krelja upečatljivo suprotstavlja svijetle prizore plaža praćene ugodnom glazbom koju je skladao Arsena...

color, digital, 12'
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