Vladan Slijepčević
Directing
Biography
Vladan Slijepčević (30 October 1930 – 13 September 1989) was a Serbian and Yugoslavian film director and screenwriter. He directed more than 50 films between 1952 and 1989. His 1966 film The Climber was entered into the 5th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize.
Known For
A young, ambitious man employs every means necessary in order to climb to the top of the social ladder. But the whirlpool of compromises and corruption eventually threatens to render his life meaningless.
The Climber
A three-part omnibus. First story: Two friends remember their past, while unsuccessfully trying to win girl's heart. Second story: A teenage girl falls in love with a grown man for whom this encounter is nothing but an unimportant meeting. Third story: A young girl from conservatory meets a man of her dreams.
Three-Hearts Locket
A young woman tries not to become conformist like her parents, while her fiancee who had similar views, gradually became one. However it turns out that she cannot distance from her own background either.
Where to After the Rain?
It shows the Neretva river from its source to the shores of the Adriatic Sea. The document also captures the original four-hundred-year-old bridge in Mostar.
In the Valley of Neretva
A young married man goes into the army and when he comes back finds out that his wife has gone off with another man.
The Real State of Affairs
An architect in a construction company gets close to a young girl who has just graduated, whom he met while she was a student doing an internship at that company. Their relationship becomes more and more serious, and despite a few small frictions, they stay together. He is going on a business trip by plane to Libya. The plane crashes on landing. He survives, but remains immobile. Despite such an accident, she stays by his side.