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THE CONVERSATION

THE CONVERSATION is based on a true story of a meeting in June 1945 between two powerful men with very opposite philosophies and perspectives on the future of their country. It is a dangerous time as the Partisans had won the war and the Red Army were close by. This is a conversation that will shape the world.

  • Dominik Sedlar
    Director
    The Match, Vindicta
  • Dominik Sedlar
    Writer
    The Match, Vindicta
  • Jakov Sedlar
    Producer
  • Zeljko Zima
    Producer
  • Caspar Philipsson
    Key Cast
    "Tito"
    Jackie, Mission Impossible: Fallout
  • Dylan Turner
    Key Cast
    "Stepanic"
    Mamma Mia
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Genres:
    True Story, Drama, Historical
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 48 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    December 20, 2023
  • Country of Origin:
    Croatia
  • Country of Filming:
    Croatia
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Distribution Information
  • OneTwoThree Media
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Dominik Sedlar

Dominik was born in Zagreb, Croatia. He attended the Professional Children’s School in NYC. Previous graduates include: Christopher Walken, Sarah Jessica Parker, Christian Slater, Scarlett Johansson, Macaulay Culkin.

After graduating, he attended the NYU Film School.
Thus far he has directed 15 Films. Three Feature Films and twelve documentaries. Most notably “Syndrome Jerusalem”, which won a special prize at the 2004 Venice Film Festival. “Searching For Orson”, a film about the unknown and never completed films of Orson Welles, narrated by Peter Bogdanovich and with interviews give by Steven Spielberg, Frank Marshall, Paul Mazursky, James Earl Jones, Merv Griffin, Henry Jaglom and Oja Kodar.

He wrote and directed an independent comedy “In Between Engagements” starring Armand Assante. A WWII sports drama “The Match” starring Franco Nero, Caspar Philipsson and Armand Assante. He then went on to write and direct a drama “The Conversation” starring Caspar Philipsson and Dylan Turner also based on a true story concerning the only meeting held between Cardinal Stepinac of Croatia and Marshall Tito which forged the post-war European landscape.

Dominik is currently working on his next feature 'Vindicta', a WW2 story of revenge.

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Director Statement

The Conversation is a film about the only meeting between two people who are the polar opposites of each other in every imaginable way. The two figures being Archbishop Aloysius Stepinac who during WW2 was the head of the Catholic Church of Croatia and Marshall Josip Broz Tito who was the President of Yugoslavia and someone who was an ardent communist. Their only meeting occurred during the last days of WW2 and in the meeting Tito wanted Stepinac and the Catholic Church of Croatia to exit their alignment with the Vatican and become a separate entity. The only such similar exit came during the reign of King Henry VIII in which a separate church of England was created. During their conversation they discuss and mull over many subjects and argue trying to outmatch and outsmart each other. Stepinac in the end refuses to agree to exit the jurisdiction of the Vatican and suffers greatly for it by being sentenced to 16 years in prison after which he is confined to house arrest where he eventually dies under suspicious circumstances.

Despite the subject matter being a somewhat local one pertaining to the political problems in the region of former Yugoslavia I tried to make the film accessible in a broader sense by having them talk about subjects which are universal such as love…hate…forgiveness. How what we choose to do in life oftentimes has longstanding repercussions for not just us in a personal sense but far broader as it did with these two men who chose two entirely separate paths in life which brought them together to meet only once, a meeting which ultimately shaped and changed their lives and lives of millions living in the region of former Yugoslavia.