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Branko Bauer

Branko Bauer

Director

Branko Bauer (18 February 1921 – 11 April 2002) was a Croatian film director. He is considered to be the leading figure of classical narrative cinema in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema of the 1950s. Bauer became interested in cinema as a school boy. During World War Two he attended local cinemas in Zagreb, which were very popular during the Nazi occupation. His father Čedomir Bauer and he hid their Jewish tenant Ljerka Freiberger from the Croatian Ustashi police in 1942. As a result of these actions, Yad Vashem honored both of them as Righteous among the Nations in 1992. In 1949, Branko began working in the Zagreb-based Jadran Film studio as a documentary filmmaker. His feature debut was the 1953 children's adventure film The Blue Seagull (Sinji galeb) which distinguished his work from then-native Yugoslav productions through vivid visual style and natural acting.

Born: February 18, 1921 in Dubrovnik, Croatia, Yugoslavia

Died: April 11, 2002 (Age 81)

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Branko Bauer  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector1978
Movie
6.9
DirectingDirector1963
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector, Adaptation1961
Movie
7.2
DirectingDirector, Writer1956
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector1957
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector, Writer1962
Movie
7.5
DirectingWriter, Director1976
Movie
7.3
DirectingDirector, Writer1953
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector, Dialogue1959
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector, Writer1975
Movie
7.4
DirectingDirector1965
Movie
7.5
DirectingDirector1955
Movie
7.1
DirectingDirector, Writer1964
Movie
7.9
DirectingDirector, Writer1967
TV Show
8.2
CreatorCreator1975-1976
Short Film
DirectingDirector1954
Short Film
6.7
DirectingDirector, Writer1954
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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