Occupation in 26 Pictures

Occupation in 26 Pictures, also known as Occupation in 26 Tableaux (Croatian: Okupacija u 26 slika), is a 1978 Yugoslavian war film directed by Lordan Zafranović. It was entered into the 1979 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[2]

Plot

It shows three friends just before World War II in Dubrovnik - Miho (a Jew), Niko (a Croat) and Toni (an Italian) - who during the war undergo different fates. Toni joins the Ustaše. Miho's family becomes a target of prosecution. Niko's sister marries Toni in despite of her family's wishes. Niko after all joins the partisans.

Controversies

The film was controversial due to many things. In the communist Yugoslavia it was scandalous because of too many sex and violence scenes.^[3] Naturalistic portrayal of the widespread Ustaše atrocities made this film despised in the independent Croatia as an instance of anti-Croat sentiment.^[3]

Cast

• Frano Lasić as Niko
• Milan Štrljić as Toni
• Tanja Poberžnik as Ane
• Boris Kralj as Baldo
• Ivan Klemenc as Miho
• Gordana Pavlov as Mara
• Stevo Žigon as Hubička
• Bert Sotlar as Stijepo
• Marija Kohn as Luce
• Karlo Bulić as Paško
• Zvonko Lepetić as Gavran
• Milan Erak as Maras
• Antun Nalis as Paolo
• Tanja Bošković as Pina
• Izet Hajdarhodžić as Dum Đivo

See also

• List of submissions to the 51st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References

External links

• Occupation in 26 Pictures at the Internet Movie Database