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Zvonimir Berković is a Director and Writer born on 21 march 1928 at Belgrade (Serbie)
Zvonimir Berković (1 August 1928 – 9 June 2009) was a Croatian film director and screenwriter.
Berković had studied film directing at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts. His screenwriting career began in the mid-1950s, his most notable work being Nikola Tanhofer's 1958 film H-8, for which he co-authored the screenplay with Tomislav Butorac.
He had his directing debut with the 1962 documentary short My Flat (Moj stan), which offered an ironic portrayal of living standards in the socialist-style prefabricated housing projects. The film earned him a Special Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. His feature directing debut was the 1966 film Rondo, which starred acclaimed Yugoslav actors Relja Bašić, Milena Dravić and Stevo Žigon, and which is today regarded as a classic of Yugoslav and Croatian cinema.
After Rondo, Berković directed a handful of films through the 1970s and 1980s and his only other notable work was the 1993 film Countess Dora (Kontesa Dora), which portrayed an episode in the life of 19th century Croatian composer Dora Pejačević and which starred Alma Prica and Rade Šerbedžija. The film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1993 Pula Film Festival.
In the 1990s Berković stopped making films and turned to teaching at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts, and was also a notable columnist writing music, theatre and film reviews for Globus, a popular current affairs weekly, and was a longtime head of dramaturgy at the Zagreb-based film production company Jadran Film.
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Berković had studied film directing at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts. His screenwriting career began in the mid-1950s, his most notable work being Nikola Tanhofer's 1958 film H-8, for which he co-authored the screenplay with Tomislav Butorac.
He had his directing debut with the 1962 documentary short My Flat (Moj stan), which offered an ironic portrayal of living standards in the socialist-style prefabricated housing projects. The film earned him a Special Jury Prize at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival. His feature directing debut was the 1966 film Rondo, which starred acclaimed Yugoslav actors Relja Bašić, Milena Dravić and Stevo Žigon, and which is today regarded as a classic of Yugoslav and Croatian cinema.
After Rondo, Berković directed a handful of films through the 1970s and 1980s and his only other notable work was the 1993 film Countess Dora (Kontesa Dora), which portrayed an episode in the life of 19th century Croatian composer Dora Pejačević and which starred Alma Prica and Rade Šerbedžija. The film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1993 Pula Film Festival.
In the 1990s Berković stopped making films and turned to teaching at the Zagreb Academy of Drama Arts, and was also a notable columnist writing music, theatre and film reviews for Globus, a popular current affairs weekly, and was a longtime head of dramaturgy at the Zagreb-based film production company Jadran Film.
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Filmography of Zvonimir Berković (7 films)
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Countess Dora (1993)
, 1h57Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alma Prica, Rade Šerbedžija, Ksenija Pajic, Ivo Gregurević, Mustafa Nadarević, Irina Alfiorova
Rating67%
Premeditated Love Letters (1985)
, 1h35Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mustafa Nadarević, Relja Bašić, Franjo Majetić, Vanja Drach
Rating72%
The Scene of the Crash (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rade Šerbedžija, Ana Karić, Zvonimir Rogoz
Rating69%
Rondo (1966)
, 1h35Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama
Actors Relja Bašić, Milena Dravić, Zvonimir Rogoz
Rating80%
"Every Sunday, the lonely bachelor and sophisticated judge Mladen (Stevo Žigon) comes to play chess with his friend, the sculptor Fedja (Relja Bašić), and gradually he falls into an affair with Fedja's wife Neda (Milena Dravić). The chess board is the center of the film, the moves mirroring the emotional developments of the characters."
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Countess Dora (1993)
, 1h57Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Alma Prica, Rade Šerbedžija, Ksenija Pajic, Ivo Gregurević, Mustafa Nadarević, Irina Alfiorova
Roles Writer
Rating67%
Premeditated Love Letters (1985)
, 1h35Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Mustafa Nadarević, Relja Bašić, Franjo Majetić, Vanja Drach
Roles Writer
Rating72%
The Scene of the Crash (1971)
, 1h34Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rade Šerbedžija, Ana Karić, Zvonimir Rogoz
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Rondo (1966)
, 1h35Directed by Zvonimir Berković
Genres Drama
Actors Relja Bašić, Milena Dravić, Zvonimir Rogoz
Roles Writer
Rating80%
"Every Sunday, the lonely bachelor and sophisticated judge Mladen (Stevo Žigon) comes to play chess with his friend, the sculptor Fedja (Relja Bašić), and gradually he falls into an affair with Fedja's wife Neda (Milena Dravić). The chess board is the center of the film, the moves mirroring the emotional developments of the characters."
The Key (1965)
, 1h44Directed by Krsto Papić, Antun Vrdoljak
Genres Drama
Actors Relja Bašić, Slobodan Dimitrijević, Vanja Drach, Zvonimir Rogoz, Sven Lasta, Fabijan Šovagović
Roles Writer
Rating74%
H-8 (1958)
, 1h45Directed by Nikola Tanhofer
Genres Drama
Actors Antun Vrdoljak, Đurđa Ivezić, Vanja Drach, Stane Sever, Marija Kohn, Mia Oremović
Roles Writer
Rating82%
"A bus and a truck are moving towards each other along a two-way traffic highway on a rainy day. At the very beginning we learn that a reckless driver of another car will cause them to collide while trying to pass the bus; we even learn what seats will spell doom for their occupants. The rest of the movie follows two streams of events on the bus and on the truck, getting us to know and like a wide variety of characters, wondering which ones will end up being casualties and holding (our) breath for our favourites." (IMDb)
The Siege (1956)
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Pero Kvrgić, Relja Bašić
Roles Writer
Rating67%