The House (1975 film)

The House (Serbo-Croatian: Kuća) is a 1975 Yugoslav film directed by Bogdan Žižić.

The House
Directed byBogdan Žižić
Written byŽeljko Senečić
Bogdan Žižić
StarringFabijan Šovagović
Jagoda Kaloper
Rade Marković
Ana Karić
CinematographyTomislav Pinter
Edited byRadojka Tanhofer
Music byTomica Simović
Production
companies
Croatia Film
Jadran Film
Release date
10 July 1975
Running time
91 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

Plot

Branko (Fabijan Šovagović), a 50-year-old director of an export-import company accidentally meets Seka (Jagoda Kaloper), a much younger woman. She mentions a large house that belonged to her parents which was unjustly confiscated by the government after World War II. Branko, who has fallen in love with Seka and proposed to her, spares no effort so that the house can be returned to her. Due to his good connections, he succeeds. However, the house needs renovation, and his salary is not sufficient, so in order to please his young wife, he resorts to illegal activities...[1]

Reception and legacy

The House won a Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1975 Pula Film Festival. Nevertheless, at the time it was perceived as a not particularly daring political film, and it faded into obscurity in the following decades.[2]

In 2007, Croatian film critic Nenad Polimac listed The House in his selection of "lost classics" of Croatian cinema, describing it as a "socialist film noir".[2]

References
  1. Kuća at hrfilm.hr (in Croatian)
  2. Polimac, Nenad (6 March 2007). "Loša sudbina izuzetnih ostvarenja". jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 5 May 2019.


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