Josef
view in croatian- 2011
- DCP, 35 mm
- color
- war, drama
- debut feature | croatian, russian, german
In 1915, on the Eastern front, in Galicia, Croatian soldiers under the Austro-Hungarian flag are waging a war against the Russian army and gangs of Chircassians. An Austro-Hungarian soldier, wounded and robbed, wakes up in the battlefield. He takes a uniform and army tag from a fallen soldier and so he accidentally acquires a new identity. Under his new nom-de guerre, Sergeant Josef, he begins his journey across this unfamiliar, foreign and war-torn land. Josef is captured by Lieutenant Tiffenbach, who questions his identity and takes him to be shot...
- Director
- Stanislav Tomić
- Screenplay
- Mario Marko Krce
- Cinematography
- Mirko Pivčević
- Editing
- Tomislav Pavlic
- Production Design
- Branimira Katić
- Costume Design
- Branka Tkalčec
- Music
- Marko Perković Thompson
- Sound Design
- Blaž Andračić
- Cast
- Neven Aljinović Tot, Alen Liverić, Dražen Šivak, Sandra Lončarić Tankosić, Bojan Navojec, Igor Hamer, Ivo Gregurević, Robert Ugrina, Dieter Schaad, Milan Štrljić
- Producer
- Jozo Patljak
- Production
- Alka Film
Stanislav Tomić (1972) received a degree in film and TV directing from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. He has made more than forty documentaries, including Shipbuilder (2007), Delta (2006) and Night of Crystal (2005). He directed the short film The Miss (2001 Jelena Rajković Award) and the one-hour minifeature film Father (2005). This was followed by a number of TV series, Good Intentions being one of the most prominent. His films have been shown at numerous festivals, including Sarajevo, Motovun, Teheran, Oberhausen, Edinburgh, Munich, Siena, Warsaw and Trieste. Josef (2011) is his first feature-length film.
