Vatroslav Mimica

Vatroslav Mimica

Still: Ženidba gospodina Marcipana
Vatroslav MIMICA (1923-2020, Croatia) was a filmmaker who initially studied Medicine at the University of Zagreb. After World War Two, he wrote film and literary reviews before beginning his own career in filmmaking, first with animation, and later with feature films. His 1965 film Prometheus of the Island won Best Film at Pula Film Festival in 1965, while his film Monday or Tuesday (1966) won him both Best Film and Best Director. Mimica died in 2020.

Filmography

(selection) Jubilej gospodina Ikla/The Jubilee of Mr Ikel (1955), Solimano il conquistatore/Suleiman the Conqueror (1961), Ženidba gospodina Marcipana/The Wedding of Mr. Marzipan (1963), Prometej s otoka Viševice/Prometheus of the Island (1964), Ponedjeljak ili utorak/Monday or Tuesday (1966), Kaja, ubit ću te!/Kaya (1967), Događaj/An Event (1969), Hranjenik/The Fed One (1970), Makedonskiot del od pekolot/The Macedonian Part of Hell (1971), Seljačka buna 1573/Anno Domini 1573 (1975), Posljednji podvig diverzanta Oblaka/The Last Mission of Demolitions Man Cloud (1978), Banović Strahinja/The Falcon (1981)

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