The Blue 9

The Blue 9 (Plavi 9) is a 1950 Croatian football comedy film. The film was directed by Krešo Golik.

The Blue 9
Plavi 9
Directed by	Krešo Golik assistant directors: Ante Babaja Vladimir Krstulović
Written by	Krešo Golik Hrvoje Macanović Geno Senečić
Starring	Antun Nalis Irena Kolesar
Cinematography	Nikola Tanhofer Slavko Zalar
Music by	Bruno Bjelinski
Distributed by	Jadran Film
Release date	1950 (1950)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Croatian

That film is a bizarre mixture of the Soviet-style industrial epic, romantic comedy and football film. It is famous for superbly directed football sequences. After release it quickly became the biggest hit of then-young Yugoslav cinema.

This film is first Croatian movie with sport as the main topic. The Blue 9 is also first Croatian comedy film from sound era.

Movie was filmed on the locations in Croatia (Split, Rijeka and Zagreb) and in Serbia (Belgrade).

Cast

• Irena Kolesar as Nena
• Jugoslav Nalis as Zdravko

• Antun Nalis as Fabris
• Ljubomir Didic as Pjero 'Situacija'
• Tjesivoj Cinotti as Kibic

External links

• The Blue 9 at IMDb
• (in Croatian) Hrvatski film online Plavi 9
• (in Croatian) Hrvatski film online Krešo Golik
• Pavičić, Jurica (December 2005). "Lopta i čekić: kolektiv i individua u Golikovu filmu Plavi 9" [A Ball and a Hammer: The Collective and the Individual In Golik's Film Blue 9] (PDF). Hrvatski Filmski Ljetopis. 11 (44). Croatian Film Association: 111–118. ISSN 1330-7665. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
• Plavi 9