Branko Bauer
Directing
- Born
- February 18, 1921 · Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia
- Died
- April 11, 2002 (age 81)
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.
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.
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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.
Known for
Boshko Buha
November 17, 1978
Don't Look Back, My Son
July 15, 1956
The Farm in the Small Marsh
February 4, 1976
Superfluous
February 8, 1962
Only People
July 2, 1957
Face to Face
July 14, 1963
Martin in the Clouds
March 25, 1961
Three Girls Named Ana
November 9, 1959
Millions on the Island
April 5, 1955
The Grey Seagull
May 20, 1953
Wintering in Jakobsfeld
July 16, 1975
Nikoletina Bursac
November 19, 1964
Behind the camera16
- 1978Boshko Buha Director
- 1976The Farm in the Small Marsh Writer, Director
- 1975Wintering in Jakobsfeld Director, Writer
- 1967The Fourth Companion Director, Writer
- 1965To Come and Stay Director
- 1964Nikoletina Bursac Director, Writer
- 1963Face to Face Director
- 1962Superfluous Director, Writer
- 1961Martin in the Clouds Director, Adaptation
- 1959Three Girls Named Ana