Film★ 6.21944LisinskiBiography of Vatroslav Lisinski, 19th century Croatian composer and the author of the first Croatian opera.Open details →
Zagreb, the Capital of CroatiaFilm1943Zagreb, the Capital of CroatiaA portrait of the city of Zagreb, as it was in 1943.Open details →
Film1942Celebration of FreedomA propaganda film about the first anniversary of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).Open details →
The HatFilm★ 9.01937The HatFilm about a hat which changes its owners, until it ends up in the possession of a beggar who collects charity with it.Open details →
Film1935NocturnoA character with an overactive imagination witnesses strange events. Reality or fiction? Dive into the worrying universe of film noir.Open details →
Film1934Zagreb in a Metropolitan LightA documentary about Croatia's capital aspirations of becoming metropolis. Camera follows everyday life of random city-goers. Title cards bring interesting plot twists, indeed making this film a mockumentary. One of the earliest preserved pieces of cinema in Croatia.Open details →
Consul Dorgen's AffairsFilm★ 6.51933Consul Dorgen's AffairsA mysterious consul, blessed with the power to hypnotise, manages to push young women to suicide to cash in their insurance, without having their blood on his hands. At the death of his sister, a young detective decides to hold an investigation into this curious character, at the risk of falling into the trap himself... Oktavijan Miletić considered to be the father of Croatian cinema, was one of the pioneers of avant-garde cinema in Croatia and shows this once again in this film.Open details →
FearFilm1933FearIt's based on a not-so-innocent practical joke. Two men and two women are chatting in a evening indoor setting, and although there are no intertitles in the film, one could suppose that the topic of the conversation is “the night”, or “fear”, as the film’s title suggests.Open details →
Film1932Amadeus NickelnagelAbout a gentle young man, a misunderstood poet whose printed poems the ruffians use to wrap sausages. His misfortune is that he falls in love with an independent young athlete, with a modern worldview, who is interested in sports rather than poetry. Amadeus follows the young woman, brings her flowers and gives her one of his poems, at which point she, instead of offering tenderness, challenges him to a boxing match.Open details →
Ah, It Was Only a Dream!Film1932Ah, It Was Only a Dream!A film novella about a young dreamer in which the real world and the dream world are intertwined. After meeting a young lady in a park, but seeing her indifferent to his romantic overtures, the young man gets drunk and falls asleep. In his dreams he relives the meeting with the young women, which ends in his attempting to kiss her and subsequently falling of the bench. The fall is simultaneously the moment of awakening from his alcoholic stupor, which reveals the reality of his situation. The humor of the story stems from a formal reversal of the plot, a point at which a dream is unexpectedly separated from reality.Open details →
Film★ 7.11957Master of His Own BodyDue to negligence that caused the death of a family cow, an extremely poor but handsome young man Iva must obey his father's demands to marry an unattractive and limping daughter of wealthy villagers.Open details →
Film★ 6.81954The ConcertCelebrating the end of World War II and liberation of their city, a group of students is set on holding a cultural evening. They invite Ema, a reclusive piano teacher from the same building, to play for them. Ema declines, but starts reminscing back on her own life and the historical events that have seemingly overshadowed it.Open details →
Film★ 6.31951Ivo, the MonkA young man's fight between love and the monastic discipline.Open details →
Film1942Celebration of FreedomA propaganda film about the first anniversary of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH).Open details →
The HatFilm★ 9.01937The HatFilm about a hat which changes its owners, until it ends up in the possession of a beggar who collects charity with it.Open details →
Film1935NocturnoA character with an overactive imagination witnesses strange events. Reality or fiction? Dive into the worrying universe of film noir.Open details →
Film1934Zagreb in a Metropolitan LightA documentary about Croatia's capital aspirations of becoming metropolis. Camera follows everyday life of random city-goers. Title cards bring interesting plot twists, indeed making this film a mockumentary. One of the earliest preserved pieces of cinema in Croatia.Open details →
FearFilm1933FearIt's based on a not-so-innocent practical joke. Two men and two women are chatting in a evening indoor setting, and although there are no intertitles in the film, one could suppose that the topic of the conversation is “the night”, or “fear”, as the film’s title suggests.Open details →
Film1932Amadeus NickelnagelAbout a gentle young man, a misunderstood poet whose printed poems the ruffians use to wrap sausages. His misfortune is that he falls in love with an independent young athlete, with a modern worldview, who is interested in sports rather than poetry. Amadeus follows the young woman, brings her flowers and gives her one of his poems, at which point she, instead of offering tenderness, challenges him to a boxing match.Open details →
Ah, It Was Only a Dream!Film1932Ah, It Was Only a Dream!A film novella about a young dreamer in which the real world and the dream world are intertwined. After meeting a young lady in a park, but seeing her indifferent to his romantic overtures, the young man gets drunk and falls asleep. In his dreams he relives the meeting with the young women, which ends in his attempting to kiss her and subsequently falling of the bench. The fall is simultaneously the moment of awakening from his alcoholic stupor, which reveals the reality of his situation. The humor of the story stems from a formal reversal of the plot, a point at which a dream is unexpectedly separated from reality.Open details →
