Legends of Anika
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Legends of Anika is a 1954
Yugoslav
drama film directed
by Vladimir Pogačić
.
The film is based on the same-titled short novel penned by the Nobel Prize
-winning Yugoslav author Ivo Andrić
, continuing Pogačić's series of screen adaptations of literary works by local authors (it was preceded by his critically acclaimed 1953 film Perfidy
, which was itself based on a play by Ivo Vojnović
).
It was the first Yugoslav film which had a cinema release in the United States
, where it premiered on 18 April 1956.
1954 in film
The year 1954 in film involved some significant events and memorable ones.-Events:*May 12 - The Marx Brothers' Zeppo Marx divorces wife Marion Benda...
Yugoslav
Cinema of Yugoslavia
-SFR Yugoslavia:The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry.Prominent male actors included Danilo Bata Stojković, Ljuba Tadić, Bekim Fehmiu, Fabijan Šovagović, Mustafa Nadarević, Bata Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Ljubiša Samardžić, Dragan Nikolić and...
drama film directed
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
by Vladimir Pogačić
Vladimir Pogačić
Vladimir Pogačić was a Yugoslav film director.-Education:Before World War II, Pogačić studied art history at the University of Zagreb Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences...
.
The film is based on the same-titled short novel penned by the Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize in Literature
Since 1901, the Nobel Prize in Literature has been awarded annually to an author from any country who has, in the words from the will of Alfred Nobel, produced "in the field of literature the most outstanding work in an ideal direction"...
-winning Yugoslav author Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andric
Ivan "Ivo" Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire...
, continuing Pogačić's series of screen adaptations of literary works by local authors (it was preceded by his critically acclaimed 1953 film Perfidy
Perfidy (film)
Perfidy is a 1953 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Vladimir Pogačić. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Marija Crnobori - Jela Ledinic* Milivoje Zivanovic - Niko Marinovic* Viktor Starcic - Gospar Frano Drazic...
, which was itself based on a play by Ivo Vojnović
Ivo Vojnovic
Ivan "Ivo" Vojnović was a Croatian and Serbian writer from Dubrovnik. He is often nicknamed "The last great Dubrovnik writer".-Biography:...
).
It was the first Yugoslav film which had a cinema release in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, where it premiered on 18 April 1956.
External links
- Legends of Anika at Filmski-Programi.hr