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Rondo (1966 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Rondo' is a 1966 Yugoslavian film by Croatian director Zvonimir Berkovi. It was filmed in Zagreb, Croatia (then a part of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).
Plot
"Every Sunday, the lonely bachelor and sophisticated judge Mladen (Stevo igon) comes to play chess with his friend, the sculptor Fedja (Relja Bai), and gradually he falls into an affair with Fedja's wife Neda (Milena Dravi). The chess board is the center of the film, the moves mirroring the emotional developments of the characters."
Cast
*Relja Bai as Fedja
*Stevo igon as Mladen
*Milena Dravi as Neda
*Zvonimir Rogoz
*Boris Festini
*Rudolf Kuki
Background and themes
Produced in 1966, 'Rondo' was the first full-length film by former musician and screenwriter Zvonimir Berkovi, screenwriter of 'H-8', a famous Croatian 1950s classic. In both films, he uses musical form as a source for the narrative. As in Mozart's Rondo (which is repeatedly played in the soundtrack) in Berkovi's film the basic situation - Sunday afternoon chess party - is repeated with small variations, slowly bringing the three character towards a crisis. Very formal, very intimistic and set in a cosy middle-class environment, 'Rondo' was very different from previous Yugoslav film tradition, introducing aesthetic of the modernist psychological novel into Croatian cinema.
Reception
'Rondo' is still considered as one of three biggest classics of Croatian 1960s modernism.
In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.
Awards
For her portrayal of Neda, Milena Dravi won a Silver Arena Award for "Best Actress" at the (1966) Pula Film Festival.
See also
*List of Yugoslavian films
References
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