Viktor Starcic Movies
- 1977
In this highly symbolic and allegorical film, the inhabitants of a small village are polarized by the arrival of a beautiful woman who represents the good and evil in each of them. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rados Bajic
- 1974
In Muslim Sarajevo, an older merchant buys a wife from her father, and settles down with her between his numerous business trips. After one trip, he discovers that the girl seems to be possessed: she claims he visited her disguised as a demon while he was away on his trip. He visits clerics of every religion, but they are unable to change her story. Eventually, he finds a healer in the person of an ex-soldier, and the real story of her visitor is finally told. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Viktor Starcic, Adem Cejvan, (more)
- 1967
Adapted from the novel by C. Virgil Gheorghiu, this satirical concentration-camp drama from Turkish-born French director Henri Verneuil stars Anthony Quinn as Johann Moritz, a Romanian peasant who experiences the horrors of World War II when the Nazis invade his country. Because local police chief Dobresco (Gregoire Aslan) is anamorous towards Moritz's wife Suzanna (Virna Lisi), he has the lowly fieldhand falsely labeled a Jew and sent to a work camp. Moritz's troubles continue to mount, as his wife is threatened with losing their property unless she divorces him. Also starring Michael Redgrave, La Vingt-cinquième heure is also known as The 25th Hour, though it should not be confused with and bears no resemblance to the 2002 Spike Lee film of the same name. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, (more)
- 1967
In this provocative Yugoslavian animated film, a girl and boy with differing racial backgrounds go to a deserted island to create a nonracist society. There many children come to dwell in happy harmony. Later the children return to the adults to help them see the light. When they fail miserably, the kids return to their peaceful paradise. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1961
Even into the 1960s, Yugoslavian films played up the contributions of their partisan underground during World War II. Square of Violence is a loose, unacknowledged reworking of the 1943 film Hostages. When partisans kill 30 Nazi officers in a bombing, the Germans respond by taking 300 Yugoslav hostages. Broderick Crawford, the man responsible for the bombing, must weigh the importance of keeping the identities of his comrades secret against the lives of the 300 captives. This is the directorial debut of Leonardo Bercovici. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Broderick Crawford, Valentina Cortese, (more)
- 1960
The topic of this routine, romantic drama is a little unusual -- it concerns what some prisoners do when they are allowed out of jail for two weeks before their sentences are up. Rather than receiving some special dispensation, it turns out that in Yugoslavia this was the custom. Most of the time, the men here are engaged in pursuits that forward their relationships with the fairer sex, as might be expected after a long and lonely incarceration. There is nothing particularly profound about their two weeks of liberty, and no deep message in the tale. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nikola Popovic, Mira Stupica, (more)
