Don Quixote

Don Quixote

"Don Kihot" is a satirical, Klee-esque meditation about Don Quijote in the contemporary militaristic and regimentistic world.

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School of the Postmodern

School of the Postmodern

Postmodernism also has to be seen as a system, one that is acknowledged, one with which one can create houses, locomotives, films, everything...

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The Dam

The Dam

In The Dam, although it is an experimental film, Kristl eschews the necessary earnestness in addressing his subject. The manufactured...

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All the Drawings of the Town

All the Drawings of the Town

The boy and the girl are suddenly separated from the picture book by a hand, which tears off a page from the book and makes a paper airplane in...

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The General

The General

Kristl plays a prisoner who can smile only when he sees The General.

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The Film of the Authority

The Film of the Authority

A group of men, women and Kristl with his camera debate how to resist authority in all its forms. All cinematic professionalism is avoided as...

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Madeleine, Madeleine

Madeleine, Madeleine

Confusion results when a young man walking through a park joins in a game of tennis.

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Italian Capriccio

Italian Capriccio

"I shot this film, Italian Capriccio, as if it were my last. Now I see I had nothing to offer to anybody. No thought, no suggestion...

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Prometheus

Prometheus

Allegory of men's use of fire to kill, when it was given by Prometheus to help them.

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The Letter

The Letter

T. finds a letter. Instead of just dropping it in a mailbox, he decides, conscientious as he is, to deliver it personally. He wanders the entire...

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A Pad of 100 Leaves

A Pad of 100 Leaves

A medium-length film by Vlado Kristl.

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Utopia

Utopia

Cartoon showing the "Utopes" - talented, unconventional, double-faced creatures. They are split by a uniformed man with a sabre - individually...

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When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons

When People Were Still Living for Personal Reasons

The friends of humanity: the painter, the musician, the poet and the prima ballerina - and all others are the enemies of humanity. -Vlado Kristl

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The Pot

The Pot

Allegory of a man who leads the people to destruction and then is reborn to recommence the cycle.

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Conference of the Homeless

Conference of the Homeless

Delegations of the homeless from all over the world march in. This is a film in which there is nothing to see. - Vlado Kristl

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Car Race

Car Race

Short film about car racing.

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Shagreen Leather

Shagreen Leather

Poor and unhappy, Rafael leaves Pauline and tries his luck at the roulette, but loses his last coin. Fate gifts him with the miraculous "Shagreen...

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Theft of Jewels

Theft of Jewels

Satirical cartoon featuring a jewel robbery.

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Film or Power

Film or Power

Zagreb-born artist Vlado Kristl (1923-2004) was the most radical of the German auteur filmmakers. This is an anakofilm.

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Poor People

Poor People

Kristl was a member of the prestigious Zagreb Studio of Animation and his early works as painter and filmmaker had brought him instant acclaim and...

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