Synopsis:
This film is based on the so-called comedy of the absurd. The unusual animalism of the figures and their distinctive animation and sound treatment promise that the film will be acceptable to children. Probably even adults will not be indifferent to this variety of fabrications.
- Director:
- Zlatko Grgić
- Year:
- 1968
- Country:
- Croatia
- Running time:
- 8 min.
- Technique:
- 2D Animation, Hand-drawn Animation
- Original title:
- Klizi-puzi
- Production type:
- Professional
- Script writer:
- Zlatko Grgić
- Music composer:
- Tomica Simović
- Productions:
- Zagreb Film, Rinco Film Munchen
- Genres:
- Comedy, Experimental, Non-narrative
- Audience:
- 7+
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Tolerance
1967 16+ 9 min
by Zlatko Grgić, Branko Ranitović
A cartoon where a group of eccentrics are playing. A little man wants to join in but is always sent away and is finally murdered. In heaven he meets others of his kind and plays with them but a still tinier man wants to crash their games…
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Little & Big
1966 16+ 8 min
by Zlatko Grgić
A competitive game of one-upsmanship between two men, one small and one tall.
- Comedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Make Love Not War
1971 Adults 1 min
by Zlatko Grgić
A couple of lovers in a passionate embrace. Camera panning back, discloses a third person, a policeman, who gets himself involved in the action.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Of Holes and Corks
1967 10+ 9 min
by Ante Zaninović
A man is never satisfied with his accomplishments. Is this always opportune?
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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The Game
1962 4+ 13 min
by Dušan Vukotić
Boy and girl are fighting as a part of their game. They start slowly by drawing pictures: girl draws flower, boy draws car which run over flower, girl destroys car on a drawing etc… Their fight is increasing until they destroy all the papers and pencils. Nice mixture of animation on real film with very anti-war statement.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Lovers of Flowers
1971 16+ 10 min
by Borivoj Dovniković Bordo
A sensational discovery is made: exploding flowers. The whole world is impressed. Not interested in the ordinary flowers any more, people now rave about the new ones. Exploding flowers becomes a mania and a matter of social prestige.
- Drama
- Comedy
- Tragicomedy
- Abstract
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Gallery
1970 16+ 10 min
by Zlatko Pavlinić
A series of cartoon gags on well-known works of art in the field of painting and sculpture. The works of Leonardo da Vinci, Picasso, ancient Greek artists, Goya and others are represented.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Per Aspera Ad Astra
1969 10+ 1 min
by Nedeljko Dragić
A short animated film in which an old man struggles to get off a toilet.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Learning to Walk
1978 7+ 8 min
by Borivoj Dovniković Bordo
This is the story of Svojislav who was accustomed to walking the way he was taught by his mother. However his four friends each try to teach him their style of walking convinced that theirs is the best way. Svojislav has a hard time getting away from his “redeemers” but having done so, he continues walking the way he always has.
- Comedy
- Experimental
- Non-narrative
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Scabies
1969 16+ 7 min
by Zlatko Grgić
The man smokes. Something itched and he scratched. Then it is repeated in another place. He starts scratching harder and harder and in more and more different places. From everywhere, from sleeves, coats, trousers, little people start to fall out, and the man no longer manages to step on them. He just scratches like crazy and that scratching turns into agony. The big man begins to sink into his own suit and descend to the ground. A mass of little men gushes from everywhere like a torrent. Finally, the last ones come out and disperse in all directions. There was only one large suit left on the ground.
- Drama
- Experimental
- Comedy
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The Devil’s Work
1965 13+ 9 min
by Zlatko Grgić
Dobričina’s people reciprocate the good deeds with such evil that it is too much for Dobričina himself, so he turns into the Devil. Returning evil for evil, he went so far that it was too much even for the devil himself, so he became Dobričina again.
- Comedy
- Fantasy
- Romance
- Abstract
- Experimental
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The Musical Pig
1965 16+ 9 min
by Zlatko Grgić
This is a film about an exceptional pig that could sing. Even though he could sing, all people could see in him was roast pork. The pig finds himself in a number of difficult situation.
- Comedy
- Musical
- Tragicomedy
- Experimental