Krsto Papic
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Krsto Papić is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
) is a Croatia
Croatia
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n screenwriter
Screenwriter
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and film director
Film director
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whose career spans several decades.
Papić's early feature films and documentaries were part of Croatian and Yugoslav New Cinema, and often regarded as Croatian echo of the Serbian Black Wave, while Papić himself was connected to the Croatian Spring
Croatian Spring
The Croatian Spring was a political movement from the early 1970s that called for greater rights for Croatia which was then part of Yugoslavia as well as democratic and economic reforms.-History:...
. He was the member of the Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
filmophile circle influenced by the French New Wave, so-called "Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...
ians", along with film-makers and critics Ante Peterlić, Zoran Tadić, Branko Ivanda, Petar Krelja and centered around film critics Vladimir Vuković and Hrvoje Lisinski. Papić's two best-known early feature films, Lisice and Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj, were often attacked from the government sources. Lisice did not get permission to represent Yugoslavia in the Cannes Film Festival, so it entered Quinzaine program in 1970. Izbavitelj was heavily criticised by Stipe Šuvar
Stipe Šuvar
Stipe Šuvar was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav politician and sociologist. He entered top politics in 1972 being co-opted to the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Croatia . Two years later he became Croatian minister of education and performed a controversial educational reform in...
, who alluded that film's allegory about Fascism actually also refers to the Communism.
Papić's subsequent feature films were more classical in its narration, but again politically controversial in the last decade of Yugoslavia. Particularly My Uncle's Legacy, critical picture of Yugoslavia's political situation under titoism
Titoism
Titoism is a variant of Marxism–Leninism named after Josip Broz Tito, leader of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, primarily used to describe the specific socialist system built in Yugoslavia after its refusal of the 1948 Resolution of the Cominform, when the Communist Party of...
during Informbiro
Informbiro
Informbiro was a period in the history of Yugoslavia characterized by conflict and schism with the Soviet Union...
period, which won nomination for Golden Globe
Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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in 1989, has been surrounded by controversy and political attacks from traditional Party circles and especially Partisan Veterans' organisations, so the production was delayed for couple of years, but achieved due to support of intellectuals, newspapers and Party fractions in the time of disolvement and fight among Party fractions in last years of the Yugoslav federation.
Papić was awarded with Croatia's highest Vladimir Nazor Award for live achievement in cinema in 2006, and with Grand Prix Special des Amériques at the Montreal Film Festival in 2004.
Filmography
- The KeyThe Key (1965 film)The Key is a 1965 Croatian omnibus film. It consists of three segments directed by Vanča Kljaković, Krsto Papić and Antun Vrdoljak....
(Ključ) (1965) - portmanteau filmAnthology filmAn anthology film is a feature film consisting of several different short films, often tied together by only a single theme, premise, or brief interlocking event . Sometimes each one is directed by a different director...
, Papić's segment is titled "Waiting" (Čekati) - Illusion (Iluzija) (1967)
- HandcuffsHandcuffs (film)Handcuffs is a Croatian film directed by Krsto Papić. It was released in 1969....
(Lisice) (1969) - entered QuinzaineQuinzaineQuinzaine is an unrhymed verse of fifteen syllables. The word comes from the French word quinze, meaning fifteen. The syllables are distributed over three lines so that there are seven syllables in the first line, five in the second line, and three in the third line . The first line makes a... - Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa DonjaActing Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa DonjaActing Hamlet in the Village of Mrduša Donja is a 1974 Yugoslav drama film directed by Krsto Papić. It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.-Cast:* Rade Šerbedžija as Joco / Hamlet* Milena Dravić as Anđa / Ofelija...
(Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrduša Donja) (1973) - entered official selection of the Berlin Film Festival - The Secret of Nikola TeslaThe Secret of Nikola TeslaThe Secret of Nikola Tesla , is a 1980 Yugoslav biographical film about the inventor Nikola Tesla directed by Krsto Papić and starring Petar Božović as the title character.-Cast:* Petar Božović as Nikola Tesla* Strother Martin as George Westinghouse...
(Tajna Nikole Tesle) (1980) - in English language - The Rat SaviorThe Rat SaviorIzbavitelj is a 1976 Croatian horror Sci-Fi film directed by Krsto Papić. It was released in 1976, but won Best Film at the 1982 Fantasporto.-Cast:*Ivica Vidovic ... Ivan Gajski*Mirjana Majurec ... Sonja Boskovic...
(Izbavitelj) (1981) - also known as "The Redeemer" - first prize at FantasportoFantasportoFantasporto, also known as Fantas, is an international film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Giving screen space to commercial feature films, auteur films and experimental projects from all over the world, Fantasporto has created enthusiastic audiences, ranging from...
in 1982 - My Uncle's Legacy (Život sa stricem) (1988) - nominated for the Golden Globe Award (Best Foreign Language Film)
- Story from CroatiaStory from CroatiaStory from Croatia is a 1991 Croatian film directed by Krsto Papić. It was Croatia's submission to the 65th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.-See also:*Cinema of Croatia...
(Priča iz Hrvatske) (1991) - also known under distributor's title Idaho Potato - When the Dead Start SingingWhen the Dead Start SingingWhen the Dead Start Singing is a Croatian film, directed by Krsto Papic. It was released in 1998....
(Kad mrtvi zapjevaju) (1999) - InfectionInfection (2003 film)Infection is a 2003 Croatian film directed by Krsto Papić. It is a remake/sequel of The Rat Savior, Papić's 1976 film....
(Infekcija) (2003) - remake of The Redeemer