Book Presentations

Presented by: Mladen Burić, Hrvoje Hribar

From the start of its work, the Croatian Cinematheque of the Croatian State Archives has been collecting films and other materials related to the production, presentation, and promotion of film that are not necessarily film records. Following the first two editions of the series Words Behing Images: Reproduction of Storyboards of Croatian Film Classics from the Collection of Croatian State Arhives, which presented One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away by Krešo Golik from 1970, and Handcuffs by Krsto Papić from 1969, we go back a few more years, to 1966 and the film Rondo by Zvonimir Berković. Unlike the directorial storyboards from the first two editions, this storyboard by director of photography Tomislav Pinter offers more atmosphere of the visual style the film was trying to achieve. Rondo by Zvonimir Berković won the Silver Arena for Film and Milena Dravić won the Silver Arena for Best Actress at Pula Film Festival. It also won the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay (Zvonimir Berković) and Best Actor (Relja Bašić), and cinematographer Tomislav Pinter was awarded the Golden Arena for Best Cinematography. Other than the original storyboard, which documents the creative process, the book also includes inspired texts about the film Rondo, its importance and public perception, as well as Zvonimir Berković and other authors, penned by Hrvoje Hribar, Slaven Zečević and Nina Kolar.