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FOLLOWED BY ★ OCCUPATION IN TWENTY SIX PICTURES Feature film Duration: 112' 35 mm, colour Directed by Lordan Zafranović Screenplay: Mirko Kovač, Lordan Zafranović Cast: Frano Lasič, Boris Kralj, Milan Štrljič, Stevo Žigon Producer: Jadran film, Croatia Film Production: Yugoslavia, 1978 Lordan Zafranović (Šolta, 1944) studied film and direction at FAMU in Prague. In several of his documentary and feature films he addressed and denounced nationalism and crimes, committed in particu-

lar by the ustasha. This caused him trouble in Croatia. Franjo Tuđman said he was the "enemy of the Croatian people”. In the 1990 s he left for Vienna, then Paris and finally settled in Prague. Now he lives in Prague and Zagreb, Occupation in Twenty-Sic Pictures caused a big stir in Croatia. It was not banned but seldom appeared in cinemas. It was nominated for Palme d’or in Cannes. Zafranović won three awards at the Film Festival in Pula: for the best film, direction and camera.

Dubrovnik on the eve of and during World War 11. Three pals - a Croat, an Italian and a Jew enjoy life in a beautiful city. The idyll is cut short by the occupation. The city becomes the place of execution. The once three best friends end up on the opposed, enemy sides. And the bloodshed begins.

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