Kraljeva završnica film


Production year: 1987

Duration: 97 minuta

Technique: color

Genre:


Director:
Tomić, Živorad

Production house:
Centar FRZ SR Srbije (Beograd)

Camera:
Turković Boris

Synopsis:
Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Višnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and Branko feels much closer to his mistress than to his wife. One day Kralj and Višnja travel on a half empty train. Kralj goes to a far away compartment for a game of chess, and leaves Višnja alone. Three men take advantage of the lone woman in her compartment and rape her…

Cast:
Irfan Mensur (Branko Kralj), Ena Begović (Višnja), Vladislava Vladica Milosavljević (Kralj’s mistress), Milan Štrljić, Bogdan Diklić (Višnja’s friend), Ivo Gregurević, Zdenko Jelčić (train conductor), Vlatko Dulić (waiter on the train), Zvonimir Torjanac

Country of production:
Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (Socialist Republic of Croatia/Socialist Republic of Serbia)

Screenplay:
Živorad Tomić, Nebojša Pajkić

Music by:
Vuk Kulenović

Edited by:
Zoltan Wagner

Set designer:
Mario Ivezić

Costume designer:
Doris Kristić

Commentary:
This debut feature film by Tomić is a finely directed atmospheric thriller-drama with revenge as its theme. The film lacks a well-developed approach to the love triangle situation, and the characters do not have fully realized personalities. Nevertheless, with this film, Tomić joined Zoran Tadić and Dejan Šorak in their creation of the Croatian genre film of the 1980s.

Awards: Pula 1987 - Studio magazine award Zlatni vijenac to the debutant director

Bitolja 1987 - Diploma to the debutant director

Screening permit: June 30, 1987 (Centar film - June 5, 1987)