Četverored

Četverored
Directed by	Jakov Sedlar
Produced by	Jakov Sedlar
Written by	Ivan Aralica
Starring	Ivan Marević Ena Begović
Music by	Zlatko Tanodi
Cinematography	Igor Sunara
Editing by	Zdravko Borko Ivica Drnić
Release date(s)	December 7, 1999
Running time	123 min.
Country	Croatia
Language	Croatian

Četverored is 1999 Croatian film directed by Jakov Sedlar. Based on the novel of the same name by Ivan Aralica, the plot of the film deals with the Bleiburg tragedy.

The movie, which was one of the most lavish and expensive productions of 1990s Croatian cinema industry, received generally poor reviews and was almost ignored by the public in theaters.

Četverored was immersed in controversy in late 1999, while being aired on Croatian Radio Television as two-part mini-series. The second part was to be aired a day before the 2000 parliamentary elections, during electoral silence. Since the villains in the film happened to be Croatian Communists, many saw the airing of the film as an attempt to turn voters away from the ex-Communist Social Democratic Party of Croatia, which had a commanding lead at opinion polls, and illegal propaganda in favor of the ruling party, the Croatian Democratic Union. Others complained about large quantity of scenes with graphic violence, deemed inappropriate for airing in prime time. HRT yielded to pressure and postponed the airing after the elections.

Cast

• Ivan Marević – Ivan Telebar
• Ena Begović – Mirta Mesog
• Goran Navojec – Baja Mesog
• Nadežda Perišić-Nola – Marguerita
• Zvonimir Zoričić – Zlatko Trlin
• Nada Abrus – Malvina
• Boris Buzančić – Senjak
• Mia Oremović – Gost
• Filip Šovagović – poručnik Hunjeta
• Tamara Garbajs – Magdalena
• Zoran Čubrilo – "Crnac" na motoru
• Vera Zima – nadstojnica časne službe
• Dejan Aćimović – Šaban
• Hrvoje Klobučar – tupi domobran
• Čedo Martinović – Ante Moškov

External links

• Četverored at the Internet Movie Database