ARCHIVAL
TREASURES BELGRADE
LETENJE AVIJATICARA DJOVANIJA VIDMERA NA BANJICI
14. JULA 1912. GODINE / FLYING OF AVIATOR GIOVANNI WIDMER AT BANJICA FIELD
Serbia 1912
DIRECTOR: unknown
CAMERA: Louis De Beéry
A documentary originating, like A SERBIAN COUNTRY WEDDING, from a collection
once believed to be lost for good! The aerial shots are incredible for
the period.
JEDNA SRPSKA SEOSKA SVADBA / A SERBIAN COUNTRY
WEDDING
SERBIA 1911
DIRECTOR: unknown
CAMERA: Louis De Beéry
The first etnographical film from Serbia and the Balkans. Produced by
Svetozar Botoric and shot by the enigmatic pioneer cinematographer Louis
De Beéry. The Film was found in the Filmarchiv Austria and restored
from a nitrate camera negative by HAGHEFILM in Amsterdam.
TAJNA DVORCA IB / THE SECRET OF IB CASTLE
YUGOSLAVIA 1951
DIRECTOR: Milan Katic
Short feature. This anti-Stalinist ballet was quickly deleted from the
history books and catalogues. The goEast screening is the first outside
Serbia.
PRICA JEDNOG DANA / THE STORY OF ONE DAY
YUGOSLAVIA 1941
DIRECTOR: Maks Kalmic
A portrait of Belgrade in 1940 in the style of silent film. It remains
the only work by the gifted director Maks Kalmic, who was killed in a
Nazi camp in Belgrade in 1941.
PARADA / THE PARADE
YUGOSLAVIA 1962
DIRECTOR: Dusan Makavejev
Documentary. One of the most notorious films by Dusan Makavejev. Originally
banned due to its humorous treatment of Tito’s May Day parade.
BERNISA – JACA OD SMRTI / BERENICE –
STRONGER THAN DEATH
YUGOSLAVIA 1990
DIRECTOR: Dinko Tucakovic
Short feature film. Horror opera without dialogue, based on short stories
by Edgar Allan Poe. The last Cinemascope film made in old SFR Yugoslavia
– with echoes of the outside distractions.
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