Occupation in 26 Pictures, also known as Occupation in 26 Tableaux , is a 1978 Yugoslavian war film

War film

War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...

 directed by Lordan Zafranović

Lordan Zafranovic

Lordan Zafranović is currently "the most controversial Croatian cineaste".-First films:After receiving a degree in literature and visual arts at the University of Split, Zafranović enrolled at the famous FAMU in Prague where he studied film directing and where he eventually graduated in 1981...

. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival

1979 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Françoise Sagan *Sergio Amidei *Rodolphe-Maurice Arlaud *Luis García Berlanga *Maurice Bessy *Paul Claudon *Jules Dassin *Zsolt Kézdi-Kovács...

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Plot

It shows three friends before the WWII in Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

 - a Jew, a Croat and a Serb, who during the war undergo different fates. Crimes by the Croat Ustaše

Ustaše

The Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement was a Croatian fascist anti-Yugoslav separatist movement. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Nazism, and Croatian nationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span to the River Drina and to the border...

 in Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik

Dubrovnik is a Croatian city on the Adriatic Sea coast, positioned at the terminal end of the Isthmus of Dubrovnik. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations on the Adriatic, a seaport and the centre of Dubrovnik-Neretva county. Its total population is 42,641...

 are portrayed. Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 and Jews

Jews

The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...

 are rounded up, and killed in genocide

Genocide

Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...

. Eyes are gouged out, tongues cut off, while victims are killed by enthusiastic Croats in a van. The film was controversial due to honest portrayal of the widespread Ustaše

Ustaše

The Ustaša - Croatian Revolutionary Movement was a Croatian fascist anti-Yugoslav separatist movement. The ideology of the movement was a blend of fascism, Nazism, and Croatian nationalism. The Ustaše supported the creation of a Greater Croatia that would span to the River Drina and to the border...

 atrocities by a Croatian director.

Cast

• Frano Lasić
  Frano Lasić
  Frano Lasić is a Croatian actor and singer.- Television roles :* "Ruža vjetrova" as Milivoj Matošić * "Dolina sunca" as Toni Herceg * "Ples sa zvijezdama" as Frano Lasić...
  
   - Niko
• Milan Štrljić - Toni
• Tanja Poberznik - Ane
• Boris Kralj - Baldo
• Ivan Klemenc - Miho
• Gordana Pavlov - Mara
• Stevo Žigon
  Stevo Žigon
  Stevo Žigon was a famous Serbian and Slovenian actor, theatre director, and writer. His origins were primary Italian....
  
   - Hubicka
• Bert Sotlar - Stijepo
• Marija Kohn - Luce
• Karlo Bulić - Pasko
• Zvonko Lepetić - Gavran
• Milan Erak - Maras
• Antun Nalis
  Antun Nalis
  Antun Nalis , aka Tonči Nalis, was a Croatian actor.Antun Nalis was born in Zadar, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. After World War I Zadar became part of Italy, which later helped Nalis to play in Italian movies and portray Italian characters.Nalis began to build his film career...
  
   - Paolo
• Tanja Bošković - Pina
• Izet Hajdarhodžić - Dum Djivo