About
Branko Bauer (18 February 1921 – 11 April 2002) was a Croatian film director. He is considered to be the leading figure of classical narrative cinema in Croatian and Yugoslav cinema of the 1950s. Bauer became interested in cinema as a school boy. During World War Two he attended local cinemas in Zagreb, which were very popular during the Nazi occupation. His father Čedomir Bauer and he hid their Jewish tenant Ljerka Freiberger from the Croatian Ustashi police in 1942. As a result of these actions, Yad Vashem honored both of them as Righteous among the Nations in 1992.
Filmography
Boshko Buha1978 · Director
The Farm in the Small Marsh1976 · Writer, Director
Wintering in Jakobsfeld1975 · Director, Writer
The Fourth Companion1967 · Director, Writer
To Come and Stay1965 · Director
Nikoletina Bursac1964 · Writer, Director
Face to Face1963 · Director
Superfluous1962 · Director, Writer
Martin in the Clouds1961 · Director, Adaptation
Three Girls Named Ana1959 · Director, Dialogue
Only People1957 · Director
Don't Look Back, My Son1956 · Writer, Director
Millions on the Island1955 · Director
First Revue of Domestic Yugoslav cinema in Yugoslavia1954 · Director
The Dream of the Little Ballerina1954 · Writer, Director
The Grey Seagull1953 · Writer, Director