"Skoplje '63" is a 1964 Yugoslavian documentary film directed by Veljko Bulajic about the 1963 Skopje earthquake (Skoplje, per film title, is the Serbo-Croatian spelling of Skopje). The filming started three days after the earthquake and lasted for four months. After that, Bulajic spent 12 months editing the footage at Jadran Film studios.
Four men lost in the mountains suffering from typhus struggle to survive in this grim war drama. Hallucinations are accompanied by bouts of anger as the men approach insanity and death. Although the feature was turned down by the festival committee, it did appear at the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.
This conventional drama by Yugoslavian director Veljko Bulajic (Train Without a Timetable) is strictly for audiences with interests in work crews, industrial endeavors, and all the headaches that come with trying to finish a project on time. At issue is the construction of an enormous blast furnace. The director of the construction is faced with trying to keep his men working p...
Events in the 18th century are the concern of the Devil, who tries to maintain the balance of power between the Church and himself. The murder of the Russian Tsar, which will lead to Catherine the Great taking the throne, is not acceptable to the Devil, and he sends a minion of his, who is a double for the murdered ruler, to take his place. However, the double falls in love and...
Even on a global scale, it is very rare that the same author creates outstanding works in both feature and animated films. Along with Walerian Borowczyk, Vatroslav Mimica is perhaps one such famous case. Mimica studied at the University of Medicine in Zagreb, fought in WW II as a Partisan, and entered the world of film as a general, later becoming Creative Director of Jadran Fi...
1942年3月31日 - 6月。纳粹德国以718步兵师、717步兵师第737团第3营;意大利第一山地师、第五山地师、22步兵师;克罗地亚“乌斯塔沙”的3个营以及克罗地亚地方卫队的一个营,对波斯尼亚东部、黑山北部以及桑扎克和黑塞哥维那东北地区展开了大规模的清剿,铁托领导的南斯拉夫游击队第1和第2无产阶级旅同敌人进行着殊死战斗。这其中科扎拉战役最为惨烈。1942年6月-7月间,德军15000余人在22000“乌斯塔沙”匪徒的配合下,对无产阶级第一旅的克拉伊纳突击大队驻守的波斯尼亚西北部的科扎拉山区进行了疯狂的扫荡。3000名游击队员及部分当地百姓,为掩护群众进行了顽强抵抗。影片《科扎拉之战》讲述了这场残酷的战斗。据估计,在战斗中,游击队损失了大约1700名士兵,成千上万的平民从科扎拉被送往集中营。
59年嘎钠金棕榈提名。Rooted in a farming culture and lifestyle, this routine drama by director Veljko Bulajic focuses on the interactions of a varied group of peasants as they are uprooted from their ancestral homes and packed off to new and better farming lands. Along the way, some travellers have time to enter into or continue a romantic liaison, while everyone responds in different wa...