Countess Dora
Appearance
Countess Dora | |
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Directed by | Zvonimir Berković |
Written by | Zvonimir Berković |
Starring | Alma Prica Rade Šerbedžija |
Cinematography | Goran Trbuljak |
Edited by | Maja Rodica Virag |
Music by | Dora Pejačević Igor Kuljerić |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
Country | Croatia |
Language | Croatian |
Countess Dora (Croatian: Kontesa Dora) is a Croatian pseudo biography film about Croatian first female composer Dora Pejačević. Filmed in 1990, it was released in public in 1993. It was written and directed by Zvonimir Berković. It was Croatia's submission to the 66th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]
Plot
Karlo Armano, a cabaret entertainer and film aficionado, meets countess Dora Pejačević in Zagreb. The two become close, and after a while Armano visits her at her estate in Slavonia hoping to spur the countess' romantic interest in him, but also to find a well-to-do patron for his film endeavors...
Cast
- Alma Prica as Dora Pejačević
- Rade Šerbedžija as Karlo Armano
- Zdravka Krstulović as Lilla
- Ksenija Pajić as Steffi Graf
- Božidar Boban as Hugo pl. Mihalovich
- Tonko Lonza as count Teodor Pejačević
- Ivo Gregurević
- Mustafa Nadarević
- Zvonko Strmac
- Irina Alfyorova as Sidonija Wadherny
- Relja Bašić as Izidor Kršnjavi
See also
- Cinema of Croatia
- List of submissions to the 66th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
- ^ "Nominees & Winners for the 66th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2010.
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External links
- Countess Dora at IMDb
- Countess Dora at hrfilm.hr Template:Hr icon