Tranquilizer Gun

Tranquilizer Gun (Puška za uspavljivanje) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Hrvoje Hribar and starring Rene Medvešek, Alma Prica, Jelena Miholjević, and Nina Violić.

This article is about the Croatian film. For the weapon, see tranquilizer gun.
Tranquilizer Gun
Directed byHrvoje Hribar
Written byHrvoje Hribar, Ivan Vidić[1]
StarringRene Medvešek
Alma Prica
Jelena Miholjević
Nina Violić
Filip Šovagović
Vili Matula
Igor Tkalec
Dražen Kühn
CinematographySlobodan Trninić[1]
Edited bySlaven Zečević[1]
Music bySvadbas[1]
Production
companies
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)[1]
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryCroatia
LanguageCroatian

Plot

Janko (Medvešek), a police officer, meets Marta (Prica), a widow of Karlo Štajner, a war profiteer who left his business in disarray. Janko can't decide between Marta and Nana (Violić), his kleptomaniac wife. Janko's affair with Marta unwittingly gets him involved in a complex criminal plot.[1][2]

Cast
  • Rene Medvešek as Janko
  • Alma Prica as Marta
  • Nina Violić as Nana

Reception

The critics praised the actors[1][3] and the film's visual style,[1] but found it lacking in energy[2][3] and suffering from an overly complicated plot towards the end.[1]

Tranquilizer Gun did not find success either at the Pula Film Festival or the Croatian box office - partly due to inadequate promotion - but received the 1998 Oktavijan Award from the Croatian Association of Film Critics.[1]

References
  1. Gilić, Nikica (2008). "Puška za uspavljivanje". Filmski leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. "Puška za uspavljivanje". hrfilm.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. Antulov, Dragan (1998). "Puška za uspavljivanje". film.purger.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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