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Branko Bauer

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Branko Bauer

Born February 18, 1921 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, YugoslaviaDied April 11, 200216 films

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.

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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.

Filmography

16 films as director
  1. 1978Boshko BuhaDirector
  2. 1976The Farm in the Small MarshDirector
  3. 1975Wintering in JakobsfeldDirector
  4. 1967The Fourth CompanionDirector
  5. 1965To Come and StayDirector
  6. 1964Nikoletina BursacDirector
  7. 1963Face to FaceDirector
  8. 1962SuperfluousDirector
  9. 1961Martin in the CloudsDirector
  10. 1959Three Girls Named AnaDirector
  11. 1957Only PeopleDirector
  12. 1956Don't Look Back, My SonDirector
  13. 1955Millions on the IslandDirector
  14. 1954First Revue of Domestic Yugoslav cinema in YugoslaviaDirector
  15. 1954The Dream of the Little BallerinaDirector
  16. 1953The Grey SeagullDirector