The Blacks
view in croatian- 2009
- 78'
- 35 mm
- color
- war drama
- Orig. Title: Crnci
War. The truce has been recently signed and the squad known as The Blacks needs to be disbanded. Ivo, the squad commander, plans a mission to retrieve the bodies of three of his men from the forest. The surviving members of the squad move into action and find that the enemy they have been searching for is where they least expect – inside themselves.
- Director
- Goran Dević i Zvonimir Jurić
- Screenplay
- Goran Dević i Zvonimir Jurić
- Cinematography
- Branko Linta, h.f.s.
- Editing
- Vanja Sirućek
- Production Design
- Mladen Ožbolt
- Costume Design
- Ivana Zozoli
- Music
- Jura Ferina, Pavao Miholjević
- Cast
- Ivo Gregurević, Franjo Dijak, Krešimir Mikić, Rakan Rushaidat, Nikša Butijer, Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Stjepan Pete
- Producer
- Ankica Jurić Tilić
- Production
- Kinorama
- Co-production
- Hrvatska radiotelevizija (HRT)
Zvonimir Jurić (1971) graduated in film and TV directing from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1999. He wrote and directed the feature film The One Who Will Stay Unnoticed (2003), one segment of the Sex, Booze and Short Fuse omnibus (2005), and several acclaimed documentaries. His fiction short Yellow Moon (2009), a segment of the Zagreb Stories omnibus, was selected for the prestigious Berlinale Shorts Programme in 2010.
Goran Dević (1971) graduated from the Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art, where he currently teaches at the Department of Film and TV Directing. A selection of his award-winning documentaries include: Imported Crows (2004), I Have Nothing Nice to Say to You (2006), Three (2008), Happy Land (2009), The Flood (2010) and Two Furnaces for Udarnik Josip Trojko (2012). The Blacks, which he co-wrote and co-directed with Zvonimir Jurić, marks his debut as a feature filmmaker.
