Lordan Zafranovic Movies
- 1995
A middle aged divorced man goes through male menopause in this Czech melodrama. Karl is the man and the lovely Klara is his daughter. She is attracted to her father and demonstrates this trying to begin an affair with a fatherly-looking college professor. He rejects her and the despondent girl kills herself. Karl blames it all on the academic and swears that he will have revenge upon him. The father also becomes obsessed with a local brothel that offers patrons a veritable garden of bizarre sexual delights. A hidden video camera records Karl as his mind begins slipping away. After getting his revenge, it is the camera that reveals to Karl that he has killed the wrong man. By this time, he has turned his own house into a brothel and he finds himself utterly crushed by the destructive world he has created for himself. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1994
This European documentary examines the rise and fall of the Nazi government in Croatia between the years 1941-1945. It is presented with fascinating historical filmclips. Much of the film focuses on director Lordan Zafranovic's reaction to the event. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- 1989
A young wife looks for sexual satisfaction when her older husband fails to meet her needs in this erotic drama. The couple takes their vacation by the coast at the house of a widow and her son. The wife lusts after a young naked man she sees diving outside her room. References to Greek mythology are combined with phallic symbolism in this expertly photographed feature hampered by lackluster thesping. Only the revealing sex scenes ring true. Neda Arneric and Ranko Zidaric co-star with Stevo Zigon and Dusica Zegarac. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Neda Arneric, Ranko Zidaric, (more)
- 1986
Screenwriter Mirko Kovac adapted his novel about the self-aggrandizing Tomislav (Rade Serbedzija. Starting with Tomislav's childhood, when he plays practical jokes on the nuns at his elite school, or spies on his brother and his wife in their bedroom, he is already offensive and secretive. These traits continue when he grows up and starts an affair with his brother's wife, and marries someone else in spite of that affair. He ends up tormenting the woman he marries through a misunderstanding, though he survives World War II thanks to her efforts. After the war he goes into politics and continues in much the same vein as in his private life. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Rade Serbedzija, Neda Arneric, (more)
- 1981
The setting is the islands off the Dalmatian coast of Yugoslavia, during WW II. The islands are controlled by occupying Italian forces, and a resistence movement of Communists is dedicated to sabotaging and ending the occupation. When a wealthy young man joins the resistence, he falls in love with a woman who turns out to be a spy for the Italians. As a result of his liaison and her activity, they are both executed by a Communist comrade - a previous friend. The comrade is dedicated to the hard-line policies of the resistence, until he himself falls in love with the daughter of a bourgeois landowner on the island - a landowner who has collaborated with the Italians. Neither the Italian occupying army (one officer is shown in an attempted rape scene) nor the resistence fighters are stereotyped forces for good or evil, but all are equally subject to the dehumanizing effects of war. Pad Italije won the Grand Prize for best film at the 1981 Pulo Film Festival in Yugoslavia. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Daniel Olbrychski, Ena Begovic, (more)
- 1979
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. When the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the state of Croatia. The Italian boy becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish parentage, or of leftist leanings, is killed. The Jewish boy and the factory owner's son escape the general roundup, take revenge for some of the indignities they and their families have suffered, and join the anti-fascist underground ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Frano Lasic, Boris Kralj, (more)
- 1975
This highly allegorical tale focuses mainly on the trials and tribulations of Mati (Boris Cavazza) a factory worker who picks up some extra money for his family by entering boxing tournaments. Near the end, he has been thoroughly trounced in the ring and is beaten by his co-workers and boss at the factory as well. His womenfolk heal him with care and prayers. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Boris Cavazza, Alicja Jachiewicz, (more)
- 1973
This non-narrative Yugoslavian film is also nearly dialogue-free. It establishes a mood or stream of consciousness using a series of disturbing images of murder, childhood dance/sex instruction, and naked shepherdesses. These are all, perhaps, the dreams of a young man who has seen the body of a murdered man. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1969
A group of small-town idlers wander around one Sunday. Critical of older people and the Establishment, the cynical youths steal a bus for a joyride to the seashore. They contemplate a fatal demise by going out in a blaze of glory, but the end of the journey finds them frolicking in the waves. What was to be a dead-end trip leads to renewed hope for the future as they review their life situations and decide to continue. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Starring:
- Relja Basic, Goran Markovic, (more)
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