Tranquilizer Gun (Puška za uspavljivanje) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Hrvoje Hribar [hr] and starring Rene Medvešek, Alma Prica, Jelena Miholjević, and Nina Violić.

Tranquilizer Gun
Directed byHrvoje Hribar
Written byHrvoje Hribar, Ivan Vidić[1]
StarringRene Medvešek
Alma Prica
Jelena Miholjević
Nina Violić
Filip Šovagović
Vili Matula
Igor Tkalec
Dražen Kühn
CinematographySlobodan Trninić[1]
Edited bySlaven Zečević[1]
Music bySvadbas[1]
Production
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Release date
  • 1997 (1997)[1]
Running time
116 minutes[1]
CountryCroatia
LanguageCroatian

Plot

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Janko (Medvešek), a police officer, meets Marta (Prica), a widow of Karlo Štajner, a war profiteer who left his business in disarray. Janko can't decide between Marta and Nana (Violić), his kleptomaniac wife. Janko's affair with Marta unwittingly gets him involved in a complex criminal plot.[1][2]

Cast

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  • Rene Medvešek as Janko
  • Alma Prica as Marta
  • Nina Violić as Nana

Reception

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The critics praised the actors[1][3] and the film's visual style,[1] but found it lacking in energy[2][3] and suffering from an overly complicated plot towards the end.[1]

Tranquilizer Gun did not find success either at the Pula Film Festival or the Croatian box office - partly due to inadequate promotion - but received the 1998 Oktavijan Award from the Croatian Association of Film Critics.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Gilić, Nikica (2008). "Puška za uspavljivanje". Filmski leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 25 March 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Puška za uspavljivanje". hrfilm.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  3. ^ a b Antulov, Dragan (1998). "Puška za uspavljivanje". film.purger.com (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 March 2015.
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