About

Known credits:
26
Birthday:
1921-02-18
Place of birth:
Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Website:
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Branko Bauer

Overview

Branko Bauer (18 February 1921 – 11 April 2002) was a Croatian film director. He is considered to be the leading figure of classical narrative cinema in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema of the 1950s.

Bauer became interested in cinema as a school boy. During World War Two he attended local cinemas in Zagreb, which were very popular during the Nazi occupation. His father Čedomir Bauer and he hid their Jewish tenant Ljerka Freiberger from the Croatian Ustashi police in 1942. As a result of these actions, Yad Vashem honored both of them as Righteous among the Nations in 1992.

In 1949, Branko began working in the Zagreb-based Jadran Film studio as a documentary filmmaker. His feature debut was the 1953 children's adventure film The Blue Seagull (Sinji galeb) which distinguished his work from then-native Yugoslav productions through vivid visual style and natural acting.

Known for

Directing
1978 Boško Buha Directing Director 59
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1976 The Farm in the Small Marsh Directing Director 59
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1975 Wintering in Jakobsfeld Directing Director 59
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1967 The Fourth Companion Directing Director N/A
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1965 To Come and Stay Directing Director 58
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1964 Nikoletina Bursac Directing Director 59
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1963 Face to Face Directing Director 59
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1962 Superfluous Directing Director 59
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1961 Martin in the Clouds Directing Director 59
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1959 Three Girls Named Ana Directing Director 58
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1957 Only People Directing Director 58
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1956 Don't Look Back, My Son Directing Director 59
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1955 Millions on the Island Directing Director 59
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1954 First Revue of Domestic Yugoslav cinema in Yugoslavia Directing Director N/A
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1954 The Dream of the Little Ballerina Directing Director N/A
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1953 The Grey Seagull Directing Director 58
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Writing
1976 The Farm in the Small Marsh Writing Writer 59
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1975 Wintering in Jakobsfeld Writing Writer 59
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1967 The Fourth Companion Writing Writer N/A
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1964 Nikoletina Bursac Writing Writer 59
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1962 Superfluous Writing Writer 59
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1961 Martin in the Clouds Writing Adaptation 59
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1959 Three Girls Named Ana Writing Dialogue 58
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1956 Don't Look Back, My Son Writing Writer 59
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1954 The Dream of the Little Ballerina Writing Writer N/A
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1953 The Grey Seagull Writing Writer 58
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