The Blue 9
{{Infobox film
| name = The Blue 9
| image =
| caption =
| native_name = Plavi 9
| director = Krešo Golik
assistant directors:
Ante Babaja
Vladimir Krstulović
| producer =
| writer = Krešo Golik
Hrvoje Macanović
Geno Senečić
| starring = Antun Nalis
Irena Kolesar
| music = Bruno Bjelinski
| cinematography = Nikola Tanhofer
Slavko Zalar
| editing =
| distributor = Jadran Film
| released = {{Film date|1950}}
| runtime = 95 minutes
| language = Croatian
| country = Yugoslavia
| budget =
}}
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).
Cast
- Irena Kolesar as Nena
- Jugoslav Nalis as Zdravko
- Antun Nalis as Fabris
- Ljubomir Didic as Pjero 'Situacija'
- Tjesivoj Cinotti as Kibic
External links
- {{IMDb title|0042847}}
- {{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070610065120/http://www.film.hr/bazafilm_film.php?film_id=430 Hrvatski film online] Plavi 9
- {{in lang|hr}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20110514114251/http://www.film.hr/bazafilm_ljud.php?ljud_id=221 Hrvatski film online] Krešo Golik
- {{cite journal|url=http://www.hfs.hr/doc/ljetopis/hfl44-web.pdf|title=Lopta i čekić: kolektiv i individua u Golikovu filmu Plavi 9|trans-title=A Ball and a Hammer: The Collective and the Individual In Golik's Film Blue 9|journal=Hrvatski Filmski Ljetopis|volume=11|issue=44|date=December 2005|last=Pavičić|first=Jurica|authorlink=Jurica Pavičić|publisher=Croatian Film Association|pages=111–118|issn=1330-7665|access-date=13 March 2016}}
- [http://film.lzmk.hr/clanak.aspx?id=1389 Plavi 9]
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Category:Association football films
Category:1950s Croatian-language films
Category:1950s sports comedy films
Category:Films directed by Krešo Golik
Category:Films shot in Croatia
Category:Croatian comedy films
Category:Croatian black-and-white films
Category:Yugoslav comedy films
Category:Films set in Yugoslavia
Category:Films set in Belgrade
Category:Films shot in Belgrade
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