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Charuga Caruga Director: Rajko Grlic Producer: Mladen Koceic, Rajko Grlic, Boris Kosuta Screenplay: Ivan Kusan, Rajko Grlic Cinematographer: Slobodan Trninic Cast: Ivo Gregurevic, Davor Janjic, Ena Begovic, Petar Bozovic Maestro Film, Zagreb - Viba Film, Ljubljana - Hrvatska Televizija, Zagreb, 1991 - 35mm / English subtitles / Stereo Dolby / color / 108 min. World Premier in official selection of Tokyo International Film Festival, two “Golden Arenas” Pula Film Festival, official selection London Film Festival.

“When first planned, this spectacular film, which used 10,000 extras and over fifty locations, was to be a homage to director Grlic’s favorite adventure films like The Thief of Bagdad. But reality has a way of overtaking fantasies. Charuga, Grlic’s seventh feature, tells the true story of a 1920’s “Robin Hood,” a fanatic ex-soldier and Bolshevik who tried to bring the Revolution to Yugoslavia. He began by robbing from the rich and giving to the poor, but as with many self-styled revolutionaries, he soon began robbing from everyone and keeping it all for himself. His ruthless raids with his outlaw band through pre-WWII Croatia bear an unsettling resemblance to events occurring there now. Grlic has created a visually complex, engrossing and unsettling action-adventure movie which is also a serious political drama.”-Ellen Slatkin Critical Response: “There is much to admire in Grlic’s ability to take on the revolution as it began in Yugoslavia by using a popular Butch Cassidy and Sundance Kid genre . . .” - Cineaste, New York “Grlic has created a visually complex, engrossing and unsettling action adventure movie which is also a serious political drama...” - Rocky Mountain News, Denver