About

Known credits:
41
Birthday:
1933-12-07
Place of birth:
Vučji Do, Montenegro
Website:
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Krsto Papić

Overview

Krsto Papić (7 December 1933 – 7 February 2013) was a Croatian screenwriter and film director whose career spanned several decades.

Papić was born in Vučji Do, near Nikšić in today's Montenegro. His early feature films and documentaries were part of Croatian and Yugoslav New Cinema, and often regarded as Croatian echo of the Black Wave artistic movement that mostly took place within Serbia. Additionally, Papić himself was connected to the Croatian Spring political movement during the early 1970s. He was the member of the Zagreb filmophile circle influenced by the French New Wave, so-called "Hitchcockians", along with film-makers and critics Ante Peterlić, Zoran Tadić, Branko Ivanda, Petar Krelja and centered around film critics Vladimir Vuković and Hrvoje Lisinski. Papić's two best-known early feature films, Lisice and Predstava Hamleta u Mrduši Donjoj, were often attacked from the government sources. Lisice did not get permission to represent Yugoslavia in the Cannes Film Festival, so it entered Quinzaine program in 1970.Izbavitelj was heavily criticised by Stipe Šuvar, who alluded that film's allegory about Fascism actually also refers to the Communism.

Papić's subsequent feature films were more classical in its narration, but again politically controversial in the last decade of Yugoslavia. Particularly My Uncle's Legacy, critical picture of Yugoslavia's political situation under titoism during Informbiro period, which won nomination for Golden Globe in 1989, has been surrounded by controversy and political attacks from traditional Party circles and especially Partisan Veterans' organisations, so the production was delayed for couple of years, but achieved due to support of intellectuals, newspapers and Party fractions in the time of disolvement and fight among Party fractions in last years of the Yugoslav federation.

Papić was awarded with Croatia's highest Vladimir Nazor Award for live achievement in cinema in 2006, and with Grand Prix Special des Amériques at the Montreal Film Festival in 2004.

Known for

Acting
2005 The Other Side of Welles Actor Self N/A
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2003 Pula Confidential Actor Himself N/A
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2001 At the Station in Pula Actor Himself 59
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1983 The Third Key Actor Franjo 59
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1969 The Hub Actor Himself 59
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Directing
2013 Flower Square Directing Director 59
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2003 Infection Directing Director 58
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1998 When the Dead Start Singing Directing Director 59
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1991 Story from Croatia Directing Director 59
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1988 My Uncle's Legacy Directing Director 59
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1986 Unemployed Woman With Children Directing Director N/A
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1980 The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla Directing Director 59
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1976 The Rat Savior Directing Director 59
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1975 A Little Journey Directing Director 59
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1975 Charter Flight Number... Directing Director N/A
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1974 A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja Directing Director 59
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1972 Special Trains Directing Director 59
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1971 Let Our Voices Be Heard Too Directing Director 59
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1971 A Little Village Performance Directing Director 59
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1970 Handcuffs Directing Director 59
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1969 The Hub Directing Director 59
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1968 Hallo, Munich Directing Director 59
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1968 When My Knife Strikes You Directing Director 59
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1967 Illusion Directing Director 59
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1965 The Key Directing Director 59
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Writing
2003 Infection Writing Writer 58
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1998 When the Dead Start Singing Writing Writer 59
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1991 Story from Croatia Writing Writer 59
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1988 My Uncle's Legacy Writing Writer 59
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1980 The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla Writing Writer 59
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1976 The Rat Savior Writing Writer 59
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1975 A Little Journey Writing Writer 59
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1974 A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja Writing Writer 59
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1972 Special Trains Writing Screenplay 59
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1971 Let Our Voices Be Heard Too Writing Writer 59
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1970 Handcuffs Writing Writer 59
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1969 The Hub Writing Writer 59
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1968 Hallo, Munich Writing Writer 59
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1968 When My Knife Strikes You Writing Writer 59
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1967 Illusion Writing Writer 59
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1965 The Key Writing Writer 59
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