Marshall Tito's Spirit
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Marshal Tito's Spirit is a 1999 Croatian film
directed
by Vinko Brešan
. It was Croatia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
n island of Vis
in 1998. During the funeral of local Partisan, his Partisan comrades see the ghost of Marshal Josip Broz Tito
. Soon the news spreads around and also other people claim to see the Marshal's ghost. Soon, the policeman Stjepan (Dražen Kühn) arrives on the island and decides to investigate the whole situation. Meanwhile the mayor Luka (Ivo Gregurević) smells a business opportunity and begins to organize communist-era events to attract tourism. However, local Partisan veterans of the 7th Dalmatian Brigade, led by Marinko (Ilija Ivezić) decide to take arms and control the town, turning it into the communist-era shape.
Cinema of Croatia
The cinema of Croatia has a somewhat shorter tradition than what is common for other Central European countries: the serious beginning of Croatian cinema starts with the rise of the Yugoslavian film industry in the 1940s...
directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Vinko Brešan
Vinko Brešan
Vinko Brešan is a Croatian film director who emerged into international renown with three critically acclaimed and award-winning films that, each in its own way, broke some of the perceived taboos of Croatian cinema in the 1990s....
. It was Croatia's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards
73rd Academy Awards
The 73rd Academy Awards honored the best films of 2000 and was held on March 25, 2001. It was the last Academy Awards to take place at the Los Angeles Shrine Auditorium...
for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Synopsis
The film centers on the DalmatiaDalmatia
Dalmatia is a historical region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. It stretches from the island of Rab in the northwest to the Bay of Kotor in the southeast. The hinterland, the Dalmatian Zagora, ranges from fifty kilometers in width in the north to just a few kilometers in the south....
n island of Vis
Vis (island)
Vis is the most outerly lying larger Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, and is part of the Central Dalmatian group of islands, with an area of 90.26 km² and a population of 3,617 . Of all the inhabited Croatian islands, it is the farthest from the coast...
in 1998. During the funeral of local Partisan, his Partisan comrades see the ghost of Marshal Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz Tito
Marshal Josip Broz Tito – 4 May 1980) was a Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman. While his presidency has been criticized as authoritarian, Tito was a popular public figure both in Yugoslavia and abroad, viewed as a unifying symbol for the nations of the Yugoslav federation...
. Soon the news spreads around and also other people claim to see the Marshal's ghost. Soon, the policeman Stjepan (Dražen Kühn) arrives on the island and decides to investigate the whole situation. Meanwhile the mayor Luka (Ivo Gregurević) smells a business opportunity and begins to organize communist-era events to attract tourism. However, local Partisan veterans of the 7th Dalmatian Brigade, led by Marinko (Ilija Ivezić) decide to take arms and control the town, turning it into the communist-era shape.
Cast
- Dražen Kühn as Stjepan
- Linda Begonja as Slavica
- Ilija IvezićIlija IvezicIlija Ivezić is a Croatian film actor. He has appeared in over 55 films since 1961. He was born in Ričice, Gračac, Croatia.-Selected filmography:* Last of the Renegades * Die Rechnung - eiskalt serviert...
as Marinko Cicin - Ivo GregurevićIvo GregurevicIvo Gregurević is a Croatian actor. In more than quarter of century Gregurević usually played rural bullies and arrogant nouveau riche and became one of Croatia's best known and most dependable character actors.Gregurević graduated from the Drama Academy in Zagreb and has worked in over 90 movies...
as Luka - Boris BuzancićBoris BuzancicBoris Buzančić is a Croatian actor and politician.A native of Bjelovar, Boris Buzančić began acting very early. He appeared in numerous films and TV shows. His specialty was playing roles of men with authority, especially in dramatic films dealing with World War II...
as Jakov - Ljubo Kapor as Bura
- Inge Apelt as Mare
- Bojan Navojec as Miuko
- Boris Svrstan as Lijan Mulderić
- Ksenija Pajić as Danica Skulić
See also
- Cinema of CroatiaCinema of CroatiaThe cinema of Croatia has a somewhat shorter tradition than what is common for other Central European countries: the serious beginning of Croatian cinema starts with the rise of the Yugoslavian film industry in the 1940s...
- List of submissions to the 73rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film