Barba Žvane film

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Production year: 1952

Duration: 110 minuta

Technique: 35mm standard, black and white

Genre:

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Director:
Afrić, Vjekoslav

Production house:
Zvezda film (Novi Sad)

Synopsis:
In order to help the hungry Partisans in Gorski Kotar, Istrian peasants send uncle Žvane to bring them some cattle. After a series of adventures on his way to the Partisans, the shrewd uncle Žvane arrives to his destination.

Cast:
Dragomir Felba (uncle Žvane), Desanka Berić (Nineta), Nada Mlađenović (Mare), Rade Mlađenović (commander), Dušan Dobrović (Kartner), Miša Mirković (corporal), Mića Tatić (Remzo), Vladimir Medar (Stipe), Boško Bošković (president), Bogdan Kolaković (uncle Tone), Kiro Lahcanski (Bepo), Aleksandar Markus (Marko), Ivan Predić (Ivo), Gita Predić-Nušić (Žvane’s wife), Branko Vojnović (commander) i dr.

Country of production:
Federative National Republic of Yugoslavia (National Republic of Serbia)

Screenplay:
Vjekoslav Afrić (based on the short story Volovi dolaze by Drago Gervais)

Music by:
Krešimir Baranović

Edited by:
studenti Visoke filmske škole

Set designer:
Mića Tatić i Aleksandar Markus

Costume designer:

Commentary:
This film was made as a graduation film by students of the Film School in Belgrade whose headmaster was the director and screenwriter Vjekoslav Afrić. This film is a skillful combination of tension and humor, starring the outstanding Dragomir Felb. Barba Žvane was very well accepted by both critics and audiences so that after his first two films, Slavica and Barba Žvane, thanks to the Partisan-political themes, Afrić became the most prestigious director of contemporary Yugoslav cinema. Extraordinarily bad reactions to his next film, Hoja! Lero!, prohibited Afrić from directing any more films and he devoted his career to leading the Film School in Belgrade.

Screening permit: October 17, 1949