The Blue 9 Explained

The Blue 9
Native Name:Plavi 9
Director:Krešo Golik
assistant directors:
Ante Babaja
Vladimir Krstulović
Starring:Antun Nalis
Irena Kolesar
Music:Bruno Bjelinski
Cinematography:Nikola Tanhofer
Slavko Zalar
Distributor:Jadran Film
Runtime:95 minutes
Language:Croatian
Country:Yugoslavia

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

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).

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