Vlado Kristl

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Vladimir "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923 – 7 July 2004) was a filmmaker and artist from Zagreb, Croatia, best known for his celebrated animations and short films.

Kristl first came to international prominence for his formally challenging and rigous animations, particularly Don Kihot (freely inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote). The film is a "graphical and abstract masterpiece which went beyond all existing conventions" (Ingo Petzke 40 years of Animation made by Zagreb Film) and was suitably awarded the main prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Working within the highly respected Zagreb Film of animation was not easy and Kristl regarded this film, which was not his first, as the one were he "was finally given a free rein ^[1]. By producing this film entirely himself, Kristl inspired the artists in Zagreb Film to liberate themselves. In 1962 Kristl made General i resni clovek (The General and the real human being), a satirical live action short film which got him into trouble with the board of censors. Kristl died in 2004 in Munich, Germany.^[2] With his partner Jelena he had two children, Madeleine (b 1966) and Pepe Stephan (b 1968).

Neznatna lirika

He published two books of poetry: 'Neznatna lirika' (Insignificant lyrics), 1959, and 'Pet bijelih stepenica' (Five white steps), 1961 in Croatian, and several books in German.

1 Filmography
2 Publications in German
3 External links
4 Reference

[edit] Filmography

Sagrenska Koza (The Piece of Shagreen Leather) - 1960
Don Kihot - 1961
General I Resni Clovek/Der General und der Ernste Mensch (The General and the Real Human Being) - 1962 - 12 minutes
Arme Leute - 1963 - 8 minutes
Madeleine, Madeleine - 1963 - 11 minutes
Der Damm (The Dam) - 1964 - 80 minutes
Autorennen - 1965 - 10 minutes
Der Brief (The Letter) - 1966 - 83 minutes
Prometheus - 1966 - 10 minutes
Die Utopen - 1967 - 9 minutes
Sekundenfilme - 1968 - 19 minutes
100 Blatt Schreibblock - 1968 - 26 minutes
Italienisches Capricco - 1969 - 30 minutes
Film oder Macht (Film or Power) - 1970 - 110 minutes
Obrigkeitsfilm (The Film Of The Authority) - 1971 - 86 minutes
Literaturverfilmung - 1973 - 10 minutes
Horizonte - 1973 - 8 minutes
Kollektivfilm - 1974 - 18 minutes
Diese Gebichte: Tod Der Hierachie - 1975 - 58 minutes
Verräter Der Jungen Deutschen Films Schlafen Nicht - 1982 - 6minutes
Tod der Zuschauer (Death To The Spectator) - 1983 - 110 minutes
Die Schule Der Postmoderne - 1990 - 15 minutes
Die Hälfte Des Reichtums Für Die Hälfte Der Schönheit - 1994 - 9 minutes
Als Man Noch Aus Persönlichen Gründen Gelebt Hat - 1996 - 6 minutes
Der Letzte Klon - 1998 - 6 minutes
Drei Faule Schweine - 2000 - 7 minutes
Kunst Ist Nur Ausserhalb Der Menschengesellschaft - 2002 - 9 minutes
Weltkongress Der Obdachlosen - 2004 - 5 minutes

Films about Vlado Kristl include:

Vlado Kristl Portrait (directed by Kurt Benning) - 2003 - 60 minutes

[edit] Publications in German

Geschäfte, die es nicht gibt, Ed. Längsfeld, München 1966
Komödien, Kinema Verlag, Berlin 1968
Mundmaschine, UnVERLAG, München 1969
Sekundenfilme, Herausgegeben von Wolf Wondratschek, suhrkamp, Frankfurt/Main 1971