Vlado Kristl

Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films.

Kristl first came to international prominence for his formally challenging and rigorous animations, particularly Don Kihot (freely inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote). The film is a "graphical and abstract masterpiece which went beyond all existing conventions"[1] and was awarded the main prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Kristl regarded this film, which was not his first, as the one where he "was finally given a free rein".[2]

In 1962 Kristl made General i resni clovek (The General and the real human being), a satirical live action short film which got him into trouble with the board of censors. He died in 2004, aged 81, in Munich, Germany.[3] With his partner Jelena he had two children, Madeleine (b. 1966) and Pepe Stephan (b. 1968).

Neznatna lirika

He published two books of poetry: Neznatna lirika (Insignificant lyrics, 1959), and Pet bijelih stepenica (Five white steps, 1961) in Croatian, and several books in German.

Filmography

Films about Kristl include:

Publications in German

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References

  1. Ingo Petzke. 40 years of Animation made by Zagreb Film, fh-wuerzburg.de; accessed 17 July 2015.(German)
  2. Ron Holloway, Z Is For Zagreb, 1972
  3. artechock film Profile, artechock.de, 21 July 2004; accessed 17 July 2015.(German)
  4. Die Sonne, Haus Höchster Schlossplatz 1 e.V., Höchst, 1990

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