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Cat Under a Helmet

1962 · 99 min

A wry, humane wartime portrait that balances rough soldiering comedy with quiet tragedy, moving at an unhurried, character-driven pace.

Directed by
Žorž Skrigin
Genres
War, Comedy
Starring
Pavle Vuisić, Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić, Davor Antolić
Overview
A tragicomic tale of lumberjack who joined the partisans during WW2. As a corporal, he successfully and courageously fulfilled the combat tasks with his partisan battalion. The commander sends him on a special assignment.

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Directed by
Žorž Skrigin
Genres
War, Comedy
Starring
Pavle Vuisić, Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić, Davor Antolić
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • survival
  • loyalty
  • friendship
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
war, comedy
Directed by
Žorž Skrigin
Written by
Joža Horvat
Starring
Pavle Vuisić, Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić, Davor Antolić, Jovan Janićijević 'Burduš', Faruk Arnautović, Mišo Begović, Husein Čokić, Dušan Vujisić
Cinematography
Ognjen Miličević
Runtime
99 min
Country
Yugoslavia
Languages
Serbo-Croatian

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