Krsto Škanata
Directing
Biography
Krsto Škanata was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, born in Tivat on 12 January 1924. In a career spanning 40 years, he directed over 40 documentaries, among which many were included in the anthologies of the documentary genre. His films were victims of frequent bans by the Yugoslav government. He died on 18 February 2017 in Belgrade.
Known For
Documentary movie about the Communists of Yugoslavia.
Communists of Yugoslavia
Short movie.
Ateks
About the events from the beginning of 1963, when the sudden outburst of earth blocked the course of the Visočica River in the southeast of Serbia and flooded the village of Zavoj.
Report from the Zavoj Village
"UIjez" shows the events in the then Kosovo, that is, the process of industrialization and modernization that symbolizes the arrival of excavators and other construction machinery.
The Arrival
Residents of the village of Moševac near Maglaj replaced the local officials due to embezzlement and elected two young men, Dževad and Hasan, as leaders of the local community. But the bureaucracy has not been defeated, it does not recognize the democratically elected youth.
Mosevac
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.
Debt of Conscience
About a domestic traitor who helped the Italians kill his fellow Dalmatians.
A Vampire's Nostalgia
Documentary about Croatian Ustashe terrorists and their attacks in Yugoslavia.
Terrorists
The film dedicated to the victims of the Ustasha genocide from 1941-1945. It shows the rise and fall of Independent State of Croatia during second World War as well as genocide that happened during this regime.
God and Croats
Documentary movie about the Ustashe.
Ustashe
Documentary about Josip Broz Tito, made when he was still alive and ruling Yugoslavia.
Tito
The movie shows the demolition of the old chapel on Jezerski vrh on Lovćen where the Montenegrin bishop Petar Petrović Njegoš was buried, and the subsequent construction of today's Njegoš mausoleum. The film was completed in the 1970s, but it was not available to the public, it was banned and it ended up in a bunker until the beginning of the 1990s, when it was shown on the Radio Television of Serbia.
Lovćen
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.
Relay of Youth
Documentary by Krsto Skanata.
Great Century
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.
Work and Physical Exercise
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.
Think It Over
A story about oppression and inhumane treatment of women in backward areas of the country. Woman is equal, but where the law ends, the woman's husband is the only existing law.
Where the Law Ends
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.
Good Luck
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.
White Harvests
Short documentary by Krsto Škanata.