Cycle
From 08.04. To 04.11.2004.
Program of films by Branko M. Marjanović
DIRECTORS
Films in cycle
Zastava
(1949)
Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nikola Tanhofer
Synopsis:
This is the dynamic story of a ballerina who rescues a partisan flag and then joins the fight… The film was praised by the critics of that period. It is famous for being the first stepping- stone of many film workers who later became leading figures of the film industry in Zagreb - Nikola Tanhofer, Vladimir Tadej, Tea Brunšmid, Radojka Ivančević, Joža Horvat, and the director Branko Marjanović.
b/w, 99 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 08.04.2004 AT 17:00
Ciguli Miguli
(1952)
Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nikola Tanhofer
Synopsis:
A provincial political activist arrives at a small town as a contemporary replacement for the cultural referee. The town’s inhabitants nurture the tradition of its late famous resident, the composer Ciguli Miguli. The newcomer believes that his reforms are the best and most useful for people in the socialist regime, but his policies cause the town’s revolt… This was the first and the only attempt at satiric portrayal of the contemporary social reality (socialism). Labeled as propaganda...
b/w, 104 min
PROJECTION:
Thursday 04.11.2004 AT 19:00
Tuesday 13.04.2004 AT 17:00
Opsada
(1956)
Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Nikola Tanhofer
Synopsis:
This film consists of three separate stories loosely linked by a group of partisans who have found themselves in a house surrounded by the enemy. The first part tells the story of an escape from a concentration camp, the second is about a pair of funny and ingenious partisans, and the third is a lyrical story about love troubles and impossibility of an emotional relationship in the time of war. This is the last film by Marjanović, made as an omnibus (at the time a very popular form i...