Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun

Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun (Pogled u zjenicu sunca) is a 1966 Yugoslav film directed by Veljko Bulajić and starring Bata Živojinović, Antun Nalis, Faruk Begolli, Mladen Ladika, and Milena Dravić.

Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun
Pogled u zjenicu sunca
Directed by	Veljko Bulajić
Cinematography	Krešimir Grčević
Edited by	Josip Remenar
Music by	Vladimir Kraus-Rajterić
Production company	Jadran Film
Running time	92 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia

Plot

In a snowstorm, four Partisans get separated from their unit. Three of them are suffering from typhoid fever, and the only healthy man among them is trying to return them to safety...

Production

Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun was shot in just 31 working days. Although Bulajić's name was usually associated with high-budget productions, he gave Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun and The Man to Destroy as counterexamples, describing them as "the two cheapest films in the history of Jadran Film".

Reception

Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun was shown in the out of competition section of the 1966 Cannes Film Festival. The Croatian Film Association's database describes it as one of the most peculiar Bulajić's films which, instead of epic sweep, opts for a visually expressive, naturalist drama of a handful of isolated individuals.

Further reading

• Ilić, Jure (16 February 2000). "Glumac koji je nasmijao generacije". Vjesnik (in Croatian). Retrieved 15 May 2018.
• Šakić, Tomislav (2009). "Filmski svijet Veljka Bulajića: poprište susreta kolektivnog i privatnog" (PDF). Hrvatski Filmski Ljetopis (in Croatian). 15 (57–58). Croatian Film Association: 14–26. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
• Živanović, Dragan (March 1966). "Snimanje na minus 25". Arena (in Croatian). Retrieved 14 May 2018.

External links

• Looking Into the Eyes of the Sun at IMDb