Zvonko Lepetić

A village fella tries to make it big in the city.

This story about two maternal half-brothers, a Croat and a Serb. Although they never met, and both lose their loved ones in ethnic clashes, there is a bond between them. Filmed in 1988, it prophetically forsees the war that would engulf former Yugoslavia three years later.

Trials and tribulations of a Croatian communist intellectual in the turbulent years before, during and after the Second World War.

Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.

It is 1941 and the German occupying forces are taking over Yugoslavia, making a train ride to Kraljevo a dangerous game for a secret communist agent carrying important documents. Both the Germans and the police are looking for him on the train, and his safe arrival in Kraljevo seems like an impossibility. His determination to get the papers to the right people keeps him going, even through a gun battle after the train arrives - challenging him to find a way to complete his mission.

An ambitious carpenter from Dalmatian village puts an old mill back in function in order to prove himself worthy among the locals.

Robert is a SF writer, who realizes that he can make his thoughts material. Because of that, a group of aliens arrives to Earth. Their leader is Andra, who shows affection for Robert, which does not please his girlfriend, Biba. A monster, Mumu, has arrived together with the visitors from space.

Social drama that explores issues of social justice in Yugoslav pre-war society. Marko, an honest, ordinary working man comes into conflict with the executive director in his company.

A corrupt village commissar insists on mounting a production of Hamlet. The clever local teacher, however, casts the son of a man framed for theft as Hamlet, and the commissar as the usurping king, leading to a climax of truly Shakespearean proportions.

İlya, Sosyalist Yugoslavya Federasyonu'nda yaşayan sade bir vatandaştır. İmkansızlıkları yüzünden bahçedeki küçük barakasını, yurt dışında yaşamış ve yıllar sonra geri dönmüş Yugoslav bir iş adamına kiralamaya razı olur. Kiracısının kapitalist ve sistem karşıtı bir ajan olduğunu düşünmeye başlayan İlya, gönülden bağlı olduğu devletinin istikrarı için kendini görevlendirir. * Film, sıradan bir aile babasının (İlya) üzerinden seksenli yıllarda çözülmekte olan Doğu Bloku'na büyük bir eleştiri getiriyor * İlya, imkânsızlıklar içinde kötü hayat şartlarıyla mücadele etmesine rağmen devletin dayattığı yönetim şeklini doğru bularak hayat tarzı olarak benimsemiş sıradan bir vatandaş * "Doğu Bloku" insanının kendi dünyasına bir bakış olarak da değerlendirebileceğimiz film, insanların yaşadığı zaman dilimi değiştikçe o güne kadar kendilerine doğru olarak benimsettirilen mantığın zamanla nasıl bir anlamsızlığa dönüştüğünü de çok güzel bir şekilde gösteriyor.

This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943.

TV adaptation of “The Net”, a collection of short stories by Erih Kos.

Azra a woman major in the partisan army, who fought the Germans in World War II, returns to her home village, which she helped to liberate. Although her husband was also a high ranking officer, and their goals were united, she finds it much harder to be accepted back into village and family life.

A 1987 Serbo-Croatian language drama film directed by Faruk Piragić, starring Miodrag Radovanovic, Iva Marjanovic and Bogdanka Savić.

Musicologist and professor Kosor wakes up in a hospital. He has survived a serious car accident. In a bed next to his lies the amiable economist Gajski, whose wife Melita regularly visits him. This unusually beautiful woman is the first person that Kosor sees after he gains consciousness and is completely enchanted by her. Kosor becomes obsessed by Melita’s physical beauty and her trustworthy character and begins a risky game of writing and sending her anonymous love letters…

Adventures of an idealistic old Communist whose treasured watch is stolen by a magpie but who overcomes all difficulties.

The last film made in Yugoslavia, tells a story about Sarajevo during the last days of Europe, better known as the "Belle Epoque", between the years 1910-1914. A time of troubled events in the Balkans and an assassination attempt of Franz Ferdinand, which caused the beginning of the First World War.

The action takes place in a village where police investigates a murder committed because of an accordion.

Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.

Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family. His love affair with the class enemy and his slow adaptation to the post-war realities could seal his doom.

The film tells the story of the Yugoslav destroyer Zagreb which fights against Germany in 1941, and how some of the crew members try to organise a mutiny to keep fighting when the commander is ordered to surrender.

A story about a couple whose problems start when she takes a job as a teacher in order to financially support his education.

Zoran is a graduate student of psychology and she gets a motorcycle as a present from his father. Being an unskilled driver, he stumbles upon a girl Biba and she breaks her leg. To prevent a possible lawsuit, he visits her in the hospital. They continue to see each other, and soon fall in love. Biba is a girl from suburban shanty, while Zoran comes from a well-to-do family, and his parents refuse to accept the girl. Young couple gets married and lives temporarily in Biba's home, where they drove out Biba's brother, a petty criminal. While looking for a new apartment, the marriage breaks down. Zoran shines at his exam with thesis on "People from socially broken families", while Biba gives birth to their child in the hospital.

A story about a hard-working man who earns his piece of bread honestly. But this time, his attempt to become head of the workers’ syndicate and his statement will change his and the lives of many workers in the company.

With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves.

A moving story about the residents of correctional facility, rejected by parents and environment. Going through a strict regimen of life in the home, they are constantly trying to reverse the fate in their favor. Although they were given a chance to change, their actions always return to the beginning. Constantly on the border between personal whims and once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become humans, they remain as wolves who find hard to change their mood. What finally remains is a perpetual dilemma whether their fate is innate, or is it forced by the communities in which they grew up...

"You're lying, Melita" is a Croatian television miniseries from 1983. about a little girl who thinks there's nothing wrong with choosing not to tell the truth. Based on a short novel by Ivan Kušan.

Based on an eponymous novel by Veljko Kovačević. the series is focused on historical events and personalities from the uprisings in Gorski Kotar and the Croatian Littoral in the Second World War.

A group of kids saves a baby deer from the woods and then they take care of it until it grows up. Original title: JELENKO

Story about Matan, professional beggar, smuggler, and trickster, his childhood and adult adventures with his family. It is shown as retrospective, while Matan is hiding from the authorities in the mental institution.

The 1983 theatrical film of the same name reedited into a three part mini-series.

This true story is made up of two episodes that show Operation Hydra. After the fall of the Uzice Republic and the success of the first enemy offensive, the British sent their mission and this series shows the events.

The series follows the capture of the inserted Ustashas during Operation Guardian in 1947-1948.

The boy Branimir and his family often move because Branimir’s father is a builder and changes jobs almost every year. Moving from one place to another, Branimir changes his home, school and friends, which is not the happiest solution for a boy his age. Still, he tries to fit in.

The television humorous series is based on the screenplay by renowned Croatian writer Mirko Bozic. In ten episodes, we look at the various ups and downs of socialist leaders, which authors use to talk about what really interests them, and that is the mentality of the people in the Sinj region in Croatia. Original title: ČOVIK I PO

Ignored by the stories of the hawks and their weapons, little Tugomil can not resist the desire to shoot from the shotgun shot by his father Tomo. The boy will realize that he was flawed only when the old Martin was surrounded by gendarmes.