Petar Dobrić

Petar Dobrić

Born: June 26, 1923
Died: February 8, 1992
in Osijek, Croatia

Movies for Petar Dobrić...

Cyclops
Title: Cyclops
Character: Poštar
Released: July 9, 1982
Type: Movie
Melkior Tresic is one of many intellectuals in 1941 Zagreb who is helplessly waiting for the encroaching war.
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The Trojan Horse
Title: The Trojan Horse
Character: Šef u kožari
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
During the WWII, the communist resistance, with the help of a few local anti-fascists, makes sabotage and obstructs the actions of the Yugoslav quislings.
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Find a Way, Comrade
Title: Find a Way, Comrade
Released: July 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Based on a TV sit-com series and set in World War II, about how an ordinary woodcutter develops into an active partisan fighter.
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A Mess in the House
Title: A Mess in the House
Character: Blaž Šoštarić
Released: July 9, 1980
Type: Movie
Zagreb in 1942. The police blocks on of the houses while looking for one of the communist officials hiding in the apartment of young female illegal fighter. Them two manage to escape, however police kills her husband. In the house, her small baby is left, which police wants to use as a bait so they could catch them. Children who live in the neighborhood steal the baby, upon which the police starts thorough search of the house.
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The Woman from Sarajevo
Title: The Woman from Sarajevo
Released: July 2, 1980
Type: Movie
The adaptation of a lesser known novel by Nobelist Ivo Andric, which describes the life of a spinster who was overwhelmed by a single passion: avarice.
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The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
Title: The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
Released: February 19, 1980
Type: Movie
Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
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Slow Motion
Title: Slow Motion
Released: July 3, 1979
Type: Movie
A 40 year old former football star and idol of his generation feels that there's a gap between him and the rest of his peers. In order to cross divides over, he makes 20th anniversary party for his school friends he graduated with, only to find out that things are more complicated than he first thought.
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Title: Devil's Due
Released: February 19, 1979
Type: TV
During WW2, a young student of medicine comes to the big city to discover the secret of death, and stays at a motel that turns out to be a brothel. He is asked from Ustasha officer to perform experiments of resurrecting the dead, while the Fascist authorities look for a female communist hiding in the city.
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The Eye
Title: The Eye
Released: July 7, 1978
Type: Movie
When Dr. Lovro Furato accidentally fails to treat the injured eye of the peasant Barisa Surac, the whole silent conflict between the two worlds, rich urban and backward rural, will emerge to the surface.
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Bombing Process
Title: Bombing Process
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
In 1928 young Communist activist was arrested and put on trial for anti-state activity. Years later he became known as Tito, Communist president of Yugoslavia, and this TV-movie was made for the 50th anniversary of those events.
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Roko and Cicibela
Title: Roko and Cicibela
Character: Sudski zapisničar
Released: January 1, 1978
Type: Movie
A poor fisherman and his girlfriend live in a small boat under an open sky for decades. Based on a true story.
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Crazy Days
Title: Crazy Days
Character: Martin
Released: July 7, 1977
Type: Movie
A group of Dalmatian guest workers from Germany come to their native town on Easter holidays. They usually spend time in a local pub playing cards, drinking and yelling. Jure is the most successful and bragging among them, while Klempo is considered poorest since he didn't built the house or bought a car. Annoyed by poor cards, Klempo places a bet with Jure that he made more money than him. The loser must give everything to winner and then walk around the town naked.
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A Shot
Title: A Shot
Character: Susjed
Released: June 27, 1977
Type: Movie
In a village of heterogeneous ethnic composition (populated by Serbs and Croats), the local hunter gets wounded by an accidental shot which stirs up passion among the two communities.
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Three Poplars
Title: Three Poplars
Released: November 29, 1976
Type: Movie
The film was created based on the stories of Marino Zurl, head of humanitarian action of the weekly Arena newspapers, who from 1963 to 1971 was looking for the next of kin of children separated from their parents during World War II and taken to camps and shelters. Many of them later grew up in orphanages or foster families, like the three main characters of this film, Ana (Biserka Ipša), Nenad (Mustafa Nadarević) and Toma (Božidar Orešković). Each of them relates in a different way to the past and the possibility that, as young accomplished adults, they can finally solve the secret of their identity and meet members of their real families.
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The Rat Savior
Title: The Rat Savior
Character: Meštar ceremonije na štakorskoj zabavi
Released: October 26, 1976
Type: Movie
A poor writer discovers that a species of rats has banded together to impersonate humans and supplant them unnoticed, in a manner reminiscent of the transformations in Eugene Ionesco's Rhinoceros, or the covert conspiracy of pod-people in The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. This film's story is based on a book by the Soviet writer Alexander Grin.
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Anno Domini 1573
Title: Anno Domini 1573
Character: Martin
Released: November 14, 1975
Type: Movie
Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to death in order to provide defence against the Turks. But, the worst things were arrogant local feudal lords led by Franjo Tahi who were oppresing the common folk. All that led to the great peasant revolt of 1573. The movie is made for the 400th anniversary of the event.
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Hitler from Our Street
Title: Hitler from Our Street
Character: Nemački komandir
Released: July 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Before and during WW II and the German occupation of Serbia, in a village in Vojvodina, inhabitants are separated based on their nationality. Local Volksdeutschers (ethnic Germans) enlist with the Nazi occupiers. The village bum, Leksi, jumps at the opportunity to put on a uniform and parade around with a gun. Leksi gets into an argument with villagers Marko and Joca, who devise a plan to get rid of him. At the same time, Marko tries to seduce Leksi's wife, Anika.
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The Pine Tree in the Mountain
Title: The Pine Tree in the Mountain
Character: Domobran
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: Movie
Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.
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The Demolition Squad
Title: The Demolition Squad
Character: Partizanski komandant
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
The Germans held the strategically important airport, where planes were taking off to bombard partisans positions. Headquarters of one a partisan unit sent a few commandos to blow up airplanes and airport in the air.
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Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Title: Winnetou and the Crossbreed
Character: Sloan
Released: August 17, 1966
Type: Movie
On her b-day, settler's daughter Apanatschi receives her father's secret gold mine but greedy neighboring prospectors resort to murder and kidnapping in order to get the gold, forcing the girl and her brother to seek Winnetou's protection.
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Rampage at Apache Wells
Title: Rampage at Apache Wells
Character: Nitsas-Ini (uncredited)
Released: August 25, 1965
Type: Movie
'The Oilprince' is an unscrupulous businessman. He looks forward to a lucrative deal with the "Western Arizona Bank'. He sells the bank oil wells at Shelly Lake that do actually not exist. The Oilprince learns that the colonists would like to settle at Shelly Lake. So The Oilprince exchanges the scout of the settlers by one of his minions to give them another route. But soon The Oilprince has to recognize that he has not counted on Winnetou, the righteous leader of the Apaches, and his blood brother Old Surehand.
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Two Nights in a Day
Title: Two Nights in a Day
Character: Partizanski komandant
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Commander Pavle receives partisan Jovan to shot him for not executing his orders. While listening to his unfortunate love story from the war, Pavle remembers his own relationship which had an equally bitter epilogue, and decides to set Jovan free.
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The Taste of Violence
Title: The Taste of Violence
Released: August 10, 1961
Type: Movie
Perez kidnaps the President's daughter to trade her for imprisoned revolutionaries.
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Son of Samson
Title: Son of Samson
Character: High Priest
Released: November 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Maciste travels to Egypt, where he leads a revolt against an evil queen. In Son of Samson, Maciste (Mark Forrest) -- scion of the famed muscleman -- travels to the Egyptian city of Tanis to checkmate villainous Queen Smedes (Chelo Alonso), who's persecuting the citizenry.