Rajko Grlić

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Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia. Rajko Grlić was born in 1947 in Zagreb, FPR Yugoslavia. His father was Danko Grlić, a famous Croatian philosopher. Grlić's family by his father's side came to Zagreb from Schwarzwald, Germany in the 19th century, while his mother Eva (née Izrael) is from a Jewish family in Sarajevo. He graduated from the Film Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) at the same time as Emir Kusturica, a Bosnian film director. During the Croatian War of Independence, Grlić moved to the USA. In 2017, Grlić signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

Most Popular Rajko Grlić Trailers

Total trailers found: 26

Zagreb Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

The film tries to capture the spirit of Zagreb, which makes it different from other places. What is shown is usual, everyday stuff, yet new in the life of this city.

Special Education Trailer (1977)

28 April 1977

Educator and those educated in a home for juvenile delinquents in the same test: approach, take a peek into his soul to become a man.

Bravo Maestro Trailer (1978)

05 June 1978

A young man who long ago gave over the hard work of being a composer for the easy life of a rich man's son is bamboozled into slapping together a musical production.

Petria's Wreath Trailer (1980)

22 February 1980

This film takes place in a small mining town in Serbia, within a time span covering the prewar, war, and postwar period.

Early Frost in Munich Trailer (1984)

25 May 1984

A Croatian guest worker who worked in Germany for many years, builds a house and a workshop for his 20 year old son back in their country of origin.

Three for Happiness Trailer (1985)

07 November 1985

A pretty factory girl falls for an ex con. He's still in love with his ex wife. Love triangle soon becomes even larger.

In the Jaws of Life Trailer (1984)

04 April 1984

Two parallel tales about two modern women. One is Štefica Cvek, average and lonely girl who desperately tries to find the man of her dreams.

Us from Prague Trailer (1971)

31 December 1971

Students from the Prague Academy of Film (FAMU) talk about their life in Prague. Filmed in Prague in 1968, a few months before the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.

If It Kills Me Trailer (1974)

02 March 1974

For being unable to find any decent job, an unconventional young man of working-class background gives up of all sorts of employment, and accompanied by his girlfriend, he tells his story in front of film cameras.

All Eat Each Other Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

A time for sowing and a time for a marriage followed by everyday struggle and change of seasons. Chicken feed on the seeds of plowed fields, man eats chicked, life eats man.

Winter of One Spring Trailer (2022)

29 November 2022

Predrag Popovic, Goran Markovic, Srdjan Karanovic, Rajko Grlic and Lordan Zafranovic talk about the Russian intervention in Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Every Good Story Is a Love Story Trailer (2017)

03 March 2017

A film about a theatre performance and four very notable people behind it: writer and director D. Jovanović, actress M.

Drinking Water and Freedom III Trailer (1999)

07 October 1999

The film Drinking Water and Freedom was made in 1973. It was only one minute long. The review commission for films from Socialist Republic of Croatia prohibited it from public screening.

Just Between Us Trailer (2010)

10 March 2010

Nikola is a man who knows how to really enjoy life; he's even able to rouse sympathy for his sinful ways.

Charuga Trailer (1991)

11 April 1991

After returning from the Eastern Front to their small Croatian village as veterans of the First World War, Jovan Stanisavljević (nicknamed Čaruga) and his comrade known only as Mali join forces with the gang led by a local bandit and communist revolutionary Boža The Red.

Josephine Trailer (2000)

01 January 2000

Misadventures of a hapless young man from rural Bohemia who, in 1991, is finally free to cross newly open borders.

The Fragrance of Wild Flowers Trailer (1977)

28 December 1977

A well known theater and movie actor, dissatisfied with his conditions at home and at the theater suddenly stops the dress rehearsal of a play in which he has one of the main roles, and goes on the Danube to visit his friend, a boatman transporting bricks on his small barge from a brick plant in a poor settlement to Belgrade.

Social Game Trailer (1972)

19 March 1972

Director of this movie gave an advertisement in many Yugoslav papers calling everybody who wants to act in movie regardless of age, look or profession to reply.

It All Ends Here Trailer (2024)

26 September 2024

Maks is a brilliant lawyer who has been serving for years one of Croatia’s most powerful and ruthless businessmen, who made his fortune in the aftermath of the Balkan War.

Occupation, the 27th Picture Trailer (2013)

29 June 2013

We encounter the controversial Croatian film director Lordan Zafranovic in voluntary exile in Prague. The film follows his rise from a talented outsider to the celebrated Yugoslav director of the acclaimed war film, 'An Occupation in 26 Pictures'. His life story is an unconventional depiction of a rise and fall that reveals compromises made in order to survive artistically during communism, as well as the missed opportunities and miscalculations that led to his inability to adapt in later years. Is the charismatic Zafranovic a national traitor or a victim of historical circumstances in which the only thing he wanted to do, in his own words, was to be himself and make films?

The Constitution Trailer (2016)

06 October 2016

Four very different people live in the same building but avoid each other because of differences in how they live their lives, what they believe in, and where they come from.

The Border Post Trailer (2006)

20 March 2006

At a small border-post on the Yugoslav-Albanian border, yet another generation of soldiers suffering the usual amount of boredom awaits the end of their service, counting days to the moment when they should take their uniforms off for good.

You Love Only Once Trailer (1981)

14 February 1981

Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police.

That Summer of White Roses Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

In the summer of 1944, in a peaceful resort town in the Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia, an easy-going lifeguard takes in a widow of a partisan and her young son.

Erogenous Zone Trailer (1981)

04 February 1981

Momcilo 'Moca' Stojisavljevic has just finished his military service, and is faced with problems like finding a job and a place to live.

Croatia 2000 - Who Wants to Be a President Trailer (2001)

01 January 2001

"Croatia 2000 - Who Wants To Be A President" is a feature-length documentary film about dramatic political events that occurred in the period between the death of Croatian president Franjo Tudjman and the victory of Stipe Mesić in the presidential elections.