The Blue 9 (Plavi 9) is a 1950 Croatian football comedy film. The film was directed by Krešo Golik.
| The Blue 9 | |
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| Plavi 9 | |
| Directed by | Krešo Golik assistant directors: Ante Babaja Vladimir Krstulović |
| Written by | Krešo Golik Hrvoje Macanović Geno Senečić |
| Starring | Antun Nalis Irena Kolesar |
| Cinematography | Nikola Tanhofer Slavko Zalar |
| Music by | Bruno Bjelinski |
| Distributed by | Jadran Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Croatian |
That film is a bizarre mixture of the Soviet-style industrial epic, romantic comedy and football film. It is famous for superbly directed football sequences. After release it quickly became the biggest hit of then-young Yugoslav cinema.
This film is first Croatian movie with sport as the main topic. The Blue 9 is also first Croatian comedy film from sound era.
Movie was filmed on the locations in Croatia (Split, Rijeka and Zagreb) and in Serbia (Belgrade).
External links
edit- The Blue 9 at IMDb
- (in Croatian) Hrvatski film online Plavi 9
- (in Croatian) Hrvatski film online Krešo Golik
- Pavičić, Jurica (December 2005). "Lopta i čekić: kolektiv i individua u Golikovu filmu Plavi 9" [A Ball and a Hammer: The Collective and the Individual In Golik's Film Blue 9] (PDF). Hrvatski Filmski Ljetopis. 11 (44). Croatian Film Association: 111–118. ISSN 1330-7665. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- Plavi 9
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