Branko Marjanović

12.05.1909, Zagreb, Croatia - 13.02.1996, Zagreb, Croatia

 

Branko (Milana) Marjanović (May 12, 1909, Zagreb – February 13, 1996, Zagreb)
graduated from the Merchant Academy and School for Drama Arts in Zagreb. Before
WW II, he directed, edited and wrote screenplays for fifty short films. After
the war, he wrote about forty screenplays and directed more than fifty short and
three feature films. He made his feature film debut with Zastava (1949)
while his second film Ciguli Miguli (1952) was banned until 1977. The
film Opsada (1956) is his last feature film. He also made the short film
Istra (1945), the second film made in Croatia after the WW II. From 1959,
he devoted himself to films about nature and in 1968, he made a series of films
about the African coast. Many critics consider him a unique author in the
cinematography of the former Yugoslavia and his five documentary omnibuses under
the same title Mala čuda velike prirode (1971-74) represent the peak of
his career. He won many domestic and international awards.

Filmography

Puh (1977) (documentary)
Svizac (1966) (documentary)
Submarina (1965) (documentary)
Lisica (1964) (documentary)
Ljeto medvjedića (1963) (documentary)
Lasica (1962) (documentary)
BIOS (1962) (documentary)
Priča o glavatici (1962) (documentary)
Bjeloglavi sup (1959) (documentary)
Posljednji zavičaj (1959) (documentary)
Ljudi na obali (1958) (documentary)
O našem kršu (1957) (documentary)
Opsada (1956)
Ciguli Miguli (1952)
Zastava (1949)
Istra (1945) (documentary)


Films by this director

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...

black and white, 115 min.

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

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

Ljeto medvjedića

(1963)

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Edvard Svetek
Synopsis:

Medvjedići pod strogim nadzorom majke, dolaze u prvi dodir sa svijetom, upoznaju ga i poučeni mnogim primjerima sve više se osamostaljuju. Prikaz razvoja i odrastanja mladunčeta u odraslog medvjeda …

15 min

BIOS

(1962)

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
Synopsis:

BIOS- naučna istraživanja Instituta za oceanografiju i ribarstvo u Splitu otkrivanje novog i nepoznatog svijeta jadranskih dubina, s bogatom i raznovrsnom florom i faunom Dokumentarni prikaz jednog radnog dana na brodu za eksperimentalno ribarenje Instituta za oceanografiju i ribarstvo u Splitu. Njegov zadatak je pronalaženje novih ribolovnih pozicija, odnosno, znanstveno osvjetljavanje života morskih dubina. Pomoću egograma dobiva se slika morskog dna. S odabrana mjesta vadi se uzorak mora...

14 minuta

Lisica

(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1964)

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Edo Svetek
Synopsis:

Prikazom života lisice u prirodi potvrđuje se karakter ove životinje poznat iz basni. No, lisičji način života može se vidjeti i kao filmska alegorija preživljavanja u nemogućim uvjetima. Produkcija: Zagreb film – Studio za dokumentarni film (SDF)

color, 14', digitalna restauracija

Buđenje

(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1964 | Mjesto prikazivanja filma: Kulturno informativni centar KIC (Preradovićeva ul. 5))

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Edo Svetek
Synopsis:

Opisuju se prva četiri mjeseca života mladih medvjedića pod majčinim okriljem i njihov izlazak iz brloga… Produkcija: Zagreb film – Studio za dokumentarni film (SDF)

color, 12', digitalna restauracija

Lepeza svetog Jakova

(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1975)

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Josip Akčić
Synopsis:

Fascinantni život lepeze svetog Jakova, školjke koja ima oko stotinu očiju i kreće se „na mlazni pogon“ izbacujući vodu da bi pobjegla od svojeg predatora, morske zvijezde… Produkcija: Zagreb film – Studio za dokumentarni film (SDF)

color, 16', digitalna restauracija

Puh

(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1977)

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Branko Cahun
Synopsis:

Duhoviti prikaz puha – proždrljive i lukave životinje, koja je nekada bila predmet raznih praznovjerja, ali već odavno je cijenjena zbog svog krzna i svog ukusa… Produkcija: Zagreb film – Studio za dokumentarni film (SDF)

color, 18', digitalna restauracija

Submarina

(Yugoslavia: Croatia, 1965)

Directed by: Branko Marjanović
PHOTOGRAPHY: Stjepan Katušić, Hinko Šarinić, Antun Markić
Synopsis:

Egzotika igre i pokreta u moru - od hipnotizirajućih morskih ljiljana preko elegantnih morskih konjića i spektakularnih zametaka jastoga sve do zagonetnih silueta ljudi plivača… Produkcija: Zagreb film – Studio za dokumentarni film (SDF)

color, 14', digitalna restauracija
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