Lea and Daria
It’s inspiring true story about two thirteen-year-old girls who were, on the eve of World War II, great dancing and acting stars in Zagreb. Selling out theatre venues, they were praised in the most superb headlines by the Croatian and European press. They were filmed by Parisian Pathe and Berlin’s UFA…
During the Nazi persecution of Jews and the later German nationals’ flight from communists, a dramatic friendship was born through entertainment, dance, but also anxiety. This led towards an unexpected end.
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Branko IvandaDirectorThe Horseman, Gravitation,...
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Branko IvandaWriterThe Horseman
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Drago KekanovićWriter
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Lidija IvandaProducer
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Zrinka CvitesicKey CastOn the way, The Horseman, What is a man without moustaches
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Klara NakaKey Cast
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Tamy ZajecKey Cast
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Linda BegonjaKey Cast
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Sebastian CavazzaKey Cast
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Project Title (Original Language):Lea i Darija
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Period, drama
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Runtime:1 hour 41 minutes
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Completion Date:July 16, 2011
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Production Budget:1,500,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Croatia
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Country of Filming:Croatia
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Language:Croatian, French, German
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Shooting Format:35mm
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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New York JFF - Lincoln CenterNew York
United States
January 22, 2012
North American Premiere -
World Fest HoustonHouston
United States
June 1, 2012
Best Feature, Best Art Director -
Cine Jeune
France
2011
Coup de coeur -
Pula Film FestivalPula
Croatia
July 23, 2011
National Premiere
3 golden Arenas -
Jewish EyeAshkelon
Israel
December 17, 2011
Special Mention of Jury -
Pyongyang IFFPyongyang
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
June 1, 2012
Distribution Information
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Ruth FilmsCountry: IsraelRights: Theatrical, Video / Disc
Branko Ivanda has been directing feature and TV films, TV dramas, documentaries, theatre plays and writing scripts and essays for over thirty years. A number of his TV films were awarded on eminent international festivals (Mar del Plata, London, Los Angeles, New York, critics award FIPRESCI on the Berlin festival, Award at the Festival in Bergamo, multiple representative of HRT-a on PRIX ITALIA, several Golden Arenas for feature films, Best foreign film World Fest Houston, twice laureate of TV Festival in Portoroz, etc.) He has been teaching at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb since 1980 with a five-year break from 1985 to 1990; at that time he was teaching at University of California Los Angeles.
Objective: Director and screenwriter for Motion Picture and TV, born in
Split
Feature films: The Court Martial
„A cousin to the bizarre doings in Polansky's Cul de Sac…a relentless skewering of collaborators, ending with the directors bravura finish.“
Kevin Thomas, LA TIMES
„La plus exceptionelle decouvrete. Tout le film se deroule dan sune fantastique atmosphere kafkienne.“
Andre Coranad, CINEMA
Gravitation
„L'opera e girata molto bene. Dietro alla compassione peri l proprio eroe, il registra tende a mostrarci la staticita di una condizione umana, come la filigrana nel lavor odi Olmi.“
Pietro Bianchi, IL GIORNO
Night after death
„Pick is based on a short story by K.S. Djalski in the imagination tradition of Edgar Allan Poe. Very successful and fascinating in thematic content.“
HOLLYWOOD VARIETY
The Horseman
With gorgeous cinematography of the countryside, including fascinating architectural sites, the drama plays out in a Shakespearian manner until an inevitably tragic ending.
Political Film Society
Terrific, full-blooded epic!
American Cinemateque
Released in theaters and numerous film festivals – Grand prix in Houston
Television 17 feature TV films and plays, 100 TV documentaries, shorts, classical music concerts and opera performances, video music
Commercials More than 150 commercials
Awards Berlin (Fipresci), Bergamo, Pula, Portoroz Film Festival, Houston (Grand prix – foreign film)
Film festivals Berlin, Venice, Los Angeles, London, New York, Firenze, Bergamo, Mar del Plata, Festival of India (Goa, Bombay, New Delhi), Moscow
Screenwriting 5 feature films, 16 TV feature films, 2 stage plays
NIGHT AFTER DEATH
Before she died, she promissed him that she would be back…
„Pick is based on a short story by K.S. Djalski in the imagination
tradition of Edgar Allan Poe. Very successful and fascinating in
thematic content.“
HOLLYWOOD VARIETY