Vlado Kristl
Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl (24 January 1923, Zagreb, Croatia – 7 July 2004, Munich, Germany) was a filmmaker and artist, best known for his animations and short films.
Biography
[edit]Vladislav "Vlado" Kristl was born 24 January 1923 in Zagreb, Croatia.[citation needed] Kristl first came to international prominence for his formally challenging and rigorous animations, particularly Don Kihot (freely inspired by Cervantes' Don Quixote). The film is a "graphical and abstract masterpiece which went beyond all existing conventions"[1] and was awarded the main prize at the Oberhausen International Short Film Festival. Kristl regarded this film, which was not his first, as the one where he "was finally given a free rein".[2]
In 1962 Kristl made General i resni clovek (The General and the real man), a satirical live action short film which got him into trouble with the board of censors.
He died in 2004, aged 81, in Munich, Germany.[3] With his partner Jelena he had two children, Madeleine (b. 1966) and Pepe Stephan (b. 1968).
He published two books of poetry: Neznatna lirika (Insignificant lyrics, 1959), and Pet bijelih stepenica (Five white steps, 1961) in Croatian, and several books in German.[citation needed]
Filmography
[edit]- Šagrenska koža (The Piece of Shagreen Leather) – 1960
- Don Kihot – 1961
- General i resni človek/Der General und der Ernste Mensch (The General and the Real Human Being) – 1962 – 12 minutes
- Arme Leute – 1963 – 8 minutes
- Madeleine, Madeleine – 1963 – 11 minutes
- Der Damm (The Dam) – 1964 – 80 minutes
- Autorennen – 1965 – 10 minutes
- Der Brief (The Letter) – 1966 – 83 minutes
- Prometheus – 1966 – 10 minutes
- Die Utopen – 1967 – 9 minutes
- Sekundenfilme – 1968 – 19 minutes
- 100 Blatt Schreibblock – 1968 – 26 minutes
- Italienisches Capricco – 1969 – 30 minutes
- Film oder Macht (Film or Power) – 1970 – 110 minutes
- Obrigkeitsfilm (The Film Of The Authority) – 1971 – 86 minutes
- Literaturverfilmung – 1973 – 10 minutes
- Horizonte – 1973 – 8 minutes
- Kollektivfilm – 1974 – 18 minutes
- Diese Gebichte: Tod Der Hierachie – 1975 – 58 minutes
- Verräter Der Jungen Deutschen Films Schlafen Nicht – 1982 – 6minutes
- Tod der Zuschauer (Death To The Spectator) – 1983 – 110 minutes
- Die Schule Der Postmoderne – 1990 – 15 minutes
- Die Hälfte Des Reichtums Für Die Hälfte Der Schönheit – 1994 – 9 minutes
- Als Man Noch Aus Persönlichen Gründen Gelebt Hat – 1996 – 6 minutes
- Der Letzte Klon – 1998 – 6 minutes
- Drei Faule Schweine – 2000 – 7 minutes
- Kunst Ist Nur Ausserhalb Der Menschengesellschaft – 2002 – 9 minutes
- Weltkongress Der Obdachlosen – 2004 – 5 minutes
Films about Kristl include:
- Vlado Kristl Portrait (directed by Kurt Benning; 2003) – 60 minutes
- Vlado Kristl – Ich bin ein Mensch-Versuch (Vlado Kristl – I am a Human Experiment; directed by Johanna Pauline Maier and Markus Nechleba; 2006) – 87 minutes
Publications in German
[edit]- Geschäfte, die es nicht gibt, Ed. Längsfeld, München 1966
- Komödien, Kinema Verlag, Berlin 1968
- Mundmaschine, UnVERLAG, München 1969
- Vorworte (Zeitschrift für unbrauchbare Texte) 8 Nummern c/o Barbara Schlottke, München 1970/71
- Sekundenfilme, Edition Suhrkamp Verlag (Wegen schlechtem Verkaufs barbarisch eingestampft vom selb. Verlag), Frankfurt/Main 1971
- Kultur der Anarchie, Kommunales Kino, Frankfurt, 1975
- Unerlaubte Schönheit, Filmkritikheft Nr 233, Mai 1976
- Video-theater, Freunder der Deutschen Kinemathek e.V., Berlin, 1977
- Körper des Unrechts, S.A.U.-Verlag, München 1979
- Hamburg 1980, Verlag Michael Kellner, Hamburg 1980
- Revolution 1941–1980, I. Band 1. und 2. Auflage, Hamburg 1980
- Fremdenheft oder vom Glück unter Eingebildeten zu Sein, Hamburg 1981 (SV)
- Techniken der Kunst machen, Kiel 1981 (SV)
- Titel und Würden, Verlag Michael Kellner, Hamburg 1983
- Zeichnung, 1.-DM Verlag, Hamburg, 1984
- Revolution II. Band, mit Angehängtem I. Band, 1.-DM Verlag, Hamburg, 1984
- Als man noch aus Persönlichen Grunden gelebt hat, 1.-DM Verlag, Hamburg, 1986
- Die Postmoderne, 1.-DM Verlag, Hamburg, 1987
- Die Intelligenz, Haus Höchster Schlossplatz 1 e.V., Höchst, 1990
- Die Sonne, Haus Höchster Schlossplatz 1 e.V., Höchst, 1990
References
[edit]- ^ Ingo Petzke. 40 years of Animation made by Zagreb Film, fh-wuerzburg.de; accessed 17 July 2015.(in German)
- ^ Ron Holloway, Z Is For Zagreb, 1972
- ^ artechock film Profile, artechock.de, 21 July 2004; accessed 17 July 2015.(in German)
External links
[edit]- Vlado Kristl at IMDb
- Obituary (in German)
