Četverored

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Četverored
Directed by	Jakov Sedlar
Produced by	Jakov Sedlar
Written by	Ivan Aralica
Starring	Ivan Marevich Ena Begović
Music by	Zlatko Tanodi
Cinematography	Igor Sunara
Editing by	Zdravko Borko Ivica Drnic
Release date(s)	December 7, 1999
Running time	123 min.
Country	Croatia
Language	Croatian
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Četverored is a controversial 1999 Croatian film directed by Jakov Sedlar. Based on the novel by Ivan Aralica, the plot of the film deals with Bleiburg massacre.

The movie, which was one of the most lavish and expensive productions of 1990s Croatian cinema industry, received generally poor reviews and was almost ignored by public in theatres (although it was quite usual for Croatian films in general).

Četverored created most of controversy in late 1999, while being aired on Croatian Radiotelevision as two-part mini-series. The second part was to be aired a day before 2000 parliamentary elections, during electoral silence. Since the villains in the film happened to be Croatian Communists, many saw the airing of the film as an attempt to turn voters from ex-Communist Social Democratic Party of Croatia, which had the commanding lead at opinion polls, and illegal propaganda in favour of ruling Croatian Democratic Union. Others complained about large quantity of scenes with graphic violence, deemed inappropriate for airing in prime time. HRT yielded to pressure and postponed the airing after the elections.