LjudoŽder vegetarijanac
Cannibal Vegetarian
Danko Babic works as a gynaecologist in a Croatian fertility clinic. In exchange for money he's willing to walk over dead bodies, in the truest sense of the word after a prostitute dies in his care in the course of an illegal abortion. His connections to the Zagreb Mafia prevent lead to a cover up of the case; on being promoted to the position of director of the clinic however Babic hopes to break free of his criminal ties, when an old acquaintance asks him for one last favour... LjudoŽder vegetarijanac is a thriller that broaches the issues of corruption and organised crime among Croatia's ruling elite. The film is Croatia's contribution to the 2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
HDCAM | Farbe / colour
Ivo Balenović, Branko Schmidt
Dragan Ruljanćić
Zvonimir Poljak
Ivana Škrabalo
Zoran Maksimović
Rene Bitorajać, Natasa Janjić, Leon Lucev, Emir Hadzihafizbegović, Zrinka Cvitesić, Daria Lorenci, Ksenija Pajić, Mustafa Nadarević
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Branko Schmidt - born 1957 in Osijek, Croatia. Studied directing ot the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb. Shot his debut cinema production SOKOL CA NIJE VOLIO in 1988, winning the award for best debut at the Pula Film Festival in the process. Has since then won a number of awards at Pula, including three Golden Arenas for PUT LUBENICA and METASTAZE respectively. In recognition of his current work LJUDOZDER VECETARIJANAC, Croatia's submission for the 2013 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, he was the recipient of five further awards. As well as feature films he has also shot documentary films, children's TV shows and directed theatrical productions.
SOKOL GA NIJE VOLIO (1988)
DJUKA BEGOVIC (1991)
VUKOVAR SE VRAĆA KUĆI (1994)
BOŽIĆ U BEČU (1997)
SRCE NIJE U MODI (1999)
KRALJICA NOĆI (2001)
PUT LUBENICA (2006)
METASTAZE (2009)
LJUDOŽDER VEGETARIJANAC (2012)