Plot:
In the village Mrduša Donja in Dalmatian Zagora, the position of the president of the working community was grabbed by Mate, who also stole some money and put the blame on a war veteran. But Joco, the veteran’s son, wants to find out the truth. In order to celebrate the anniversary of his election, Mate orders the villagers to organize the play ‘Hamlet’ with himself playing the king. The professor simplifies the text for the villagers, while the role of Hamlet goes to Joco…

The humor shines in the first half where the local professor is anguished by trying to “adapt Shakespeare to the Balkan way”, i.e. making it simple enough for the villagers to understand it. That way Hamlet and Ophelia became Amlet and Omelia, and among the “improved” monologues is also this one: “Look at Polonius over there, how he wants to ride an ox all by himself! The king would always like a seat, because it always licks his bare ass!” In English it doesn’t sound so funny, but since it rhymes in Croatian, it’s a riot. Too bad Papić didn’t more passionately embrace such a hilarious subplot that makes a caricature of Hamlet, but the parallels between the play and the relationships of the characters are good, while the ending, although too bitter, is wonderfully nihilistic: such a subversive critique of politicians who celebrate, devour and dance, is equal to a classic…

Won Golden Arena, Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films: Best Actor.
It was entered into the 24th Berlin International Film Festival.

	
Predstava Hamleta u selu Mrdusa Donja (1974).avi

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The post Krsto Papic – Predstava ‘Hamleta’ u Mrdusi Donjoj AKA Acting Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja (1974) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Imagine if Troma Films had been hired to make a Sid & Marty Krofft Saturday morning kids’ show, and you have some idea of the unspeakable strangeness of VISITORS FROM THE ARKANA GALAXY, a truly gonzo Croatian sci-fi / fantasy / comedy about a struggling writer, Robert (Zarko Potocnjak), who dreams up a story of gold-skinned alien androids named Andra, Targo and Ulu from a distant planet. Incredibly, his fictional alien creations become reality, causing chaos in his relationship with his girlfriend Biba (Lucie Zulová) and threatening his small seaside village. The alluring lead robot Andra (Ksenia Prohaska) looks like H.R. Giger re-designed the Maschinenmensch from Fritz Lang’s METROPOLIS; watch for the scene where she pours hot coffee and cream out of her fingertips. But for sheer jawdropping insanity, nothing rivals the Mumu Monster — created for the film by legendary Czech animator Jan Švankmajer –, a rubber-suited, multi-tentacled creation that destroys a wedding party, ripping off heads and spouting plumes of toxic green smoke while a blind accordion player blithely plays his squeezebox.

Visitors.from.the.Arkana.Galaxy.1981.BDRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

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Language(s):Croatian
Subtitles:English

The post Dusan Vukotic – Gosti iz galaksije AKA Visitors from the Arkana Galaxy (1981) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A road trip comedy about a pig that is about to lose her virginity amid a brewing war.

Even.Pigs.Go.to.heaven.2022.1080p.WEB-DL.AAC.2.0.H.264.KUCHU.mkv

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Subtitles:English Hardcoded

The post Goran Dukic – Even Pigs Go to Heaven (2022) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Young social worker falls in love with a delinquent girl on the run.

	
Stela (1990).avi

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Subtitles:English

The post Petar Krelja – Stela (1990) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A hidden gem of Yugoslav and Croatian cinema. A masterpiece melodrama and a love story about two handicapped people, both victims of WWII. Directed by Branko Bauer.

Plot:
Shortly after the WWII, an one-legged chief engineer at the construction of hydroelectric power plant, and a war veteran, meets a blind girl in a mountain sanatorium of Ophthalmology, during winter. She’s waiting for a surgery that can restore her eyesight. Soon, the two fall in love with each other, but he feels unpleasant because of his handicap she’s not yet aware of…

The movie was selected to be shown in the official program of the Venice film festival. Filmed in the idyllic landscape, with sophisticated script, careful framing…

“Only people” is a film that stands apart with its aesthetic, from other Yugoslav films of that period, and if the actors wouldn’t speak Croatian language, it could easily be mistaken for a classical Hollywood achievement of 1950-ies.

Samo ljudi.mkv

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Language(s):Croatian
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The post Branko Bauer – Samo ljudi AKA Only People (1957) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis
The film depicts the daily lives of people whose job is to chase away cormorants that eat fish from a fish farm near Donji Miholjac, Croatia. Cormorants are protected by law and their nesting grounds are located across the border, in Hungary, which gives the protagonists’ efforts a Sisyphean, absurdist feel.

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Language(s):Croatian
Subtitles:English

The post Branko Istvancic – Plasitelj kormorana aka The Cormorant Scarecrow (1998) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

a gripping war drama

IMDB summary:
When two enemy sides ex-change the captives in the middle of a minefield, a nameless man without identity and memory, subsequently named Jakov, leaves the column unnoticed and wanders around in order to minimize other people’s sufferings. On his dangerous journey, he meets a female first-fighter who runs an orphanage, a commander who got back from Foreign legion and runs a defense line from a disco club, and goes through many other adventures only to end up in the endless backwaters of the Neretva river where war threats to arrive.

	
Nebo sateliti (2000).avi

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Language(s):Croatian, Serbian
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The post Lukas Nola – Nebo sateliti aka Celestial Body (2000) first appeared on Cinema of the World.