Homo Homini Dox: Retrospective of Croatian Anthropological Documentaries

People on Wheels

Rudolf Sremec
Screening time  
23.02. / Tuesday, 16:00 - 18:00 Theatre 2  
The film depicts one working day in the lives of travelling salesmen and their dreary daily grind.

The film depicts one working day in the lives of travelling salesmen in different parts of Croatia: Baranja, Slavonia, Zagorje, Kvarner and Banovina. Through interviews and by employing the so-called friendly-camera method, the director portrays these exhausted, sleepy people and their dreary daily grind. Their lives are particularly well reflected in the early morning scenes of salesmen asleep in the most peculiar places and in the most curious ways: leaning against a fence or a wall, sitting on the railway tracks. 

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Ljudi na točkovima

Croatia
1963, 14'

Directed by:
Rudolf Sremec

Screenplay by:
Rudolf Sremec

Cinematography:
Ilija Vukas

Edited by:
Lida Braniš, Anđelko Klobučar

Produced by:
Zagreb film

Festivals & Awards:

Belgrade Documentary and Short Film Festival 1964 –  Second Prize Best Direction; Krakow Film Festival 1964 – Golden Dragon Award