Films:
Song of the Adriatic (Lied der Adria / Pjesma Jadrana), Hans Beck-Gaden, 1937
The Coral Princess (Die Korallenprinzessin / An der blauen Adria / Princeza koralja), Viktor Janson, 1937
SONG OF THE ADRIATIC
DIRECTOR: Hans Beck-Gaden
DOP: Herbert Körösi
MUSIC: Ivo Tijardović
CAST: Miro Mihovilović, Desa Marović
PRODUCTION: Körösi Bethke Kulturfilm production
Marko is a poor, handsome young man. He survives by diving for seashells, but at the same time, he explores the deep looking for lost ancient treasures. A lot of girls observe him from a distance, but his poverty is unattractive to them. A chance encounter with the beautiful Anka makes Marko suddenly want to prove he is worthy of her love. The Dalmatian version of Romeo and Juliet, the film is 22 minutes of sea, sun and song.
Germany, Yugoslavia | 1937 | 22’ | 35 mm
docufiction
THE CORAL PRINCESS
DIRECTOR: Viktor Janson
SCREENPLAY: Harald G. Petersson, F. B. Cortan (prema noveli Steve Kluića)
DOP: Herbert Körner
EDITOR: Wolfgang Becker
MUSIC: Ivo Tijardović
CAST: Ivan Petrović, Hilde Sessak, Ita Rina, Wilhelm K. König
PRODUCTION: F.D.F. Fabrikation deutscher Filme GmbH (Berlin), Jugoslovenski prosvetni film (Beograd)
Didi Orsić, a wealthy heiress, is vacationing in Split. Her fiancee gives her a speedboat as a present for her birthday, but she has a minor accident on the sea. She is rescued by hydropilot Marko Vuković, who takes her to the island of Zlarin. With the help of his father and his father’s adopted daughter Anka, he works on Zlarin to try and modernise coral extraction. Didi and Marko fall madly in love, but they have to overcome a lot of intrigue and turbulence in their love and social relationships in order to be happy together.
Germany, yugoslavia | 1937 | 79’ | 35 mm
fiction film
