The Beauty of the Adriatic (1962)
The Beauty of the Adriatic was created as a promotional tourist film, but through its unusual and even bizarre formal devices it overcomes the promotional function. The narrator of the film is constantly communicating with the viewer, exclaims and inserts jokes, and we also see him in the film as a guide entertaining us with various gestures and movements. In the film there are also interspersed humorous animated scenes, an interview with Hamlet, poetic sequences and stylized scenes such as one where the camera is "looking for" the lost guide.
Director: Mladen Feman
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Runtime: 15 min
Release Date: January 1, 1962
Screenplay
Music: Davor Kajfes
Editing: Radojka Tanhofer
Production: Zagreb Film
Country: Yugoslavia
Language: Serbo-Croatian
Original Language: sh
More Films by Director: Mladen Feman
More Films in Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is The Beauty of the Adriatic about?
- The Beauty of the Adriatic was created as a promotional tourist film, but through its unusual and even bizarre formal devices it overcomes the promotional function. The narrator of the film is constantly communicating with the viewer, exclaims and inserts jokes, and we also see him in the film as a guide entertaining us with various gestures and movements. In the film there are also interspersed humorous animated scenes, an interview with Hamlet, poetic sequences and stylized scenes such as one where the camera is "looking for" the lost guide.
- Who directed The Beauty of the Adriatic?
- The Beauty of the Adriatic was directed by Mladen Feman.
- How long is The Beauty of the Adriatic?
- The Beauty of the Adriatic has a runtime of 15m (15 minutes).
- What genre is The Beauty of the Adriatic?
- The Beauty of the Adriatic is a Comedy, Documentary film.
- Where was The Beauty of the Adriatic produced?
- The Beauty of the Adriatic was produced in Yugoslavia.