Rondo

  • Zvonimir Berković
  • SFR Yugoslavia (Croatia)
1966
95'
Out of Competition
Screening schedule
  • Monday, 9 November 2026
  • 20:00
  • GDK Gavella
  • Saturday, 14 November 2026
  • 18:30
  • Kaptol Boutique Cinema

  • Buy a ticket

  • *The screening will have Arabic subtitles

Rondo, Zvonimir Berković’s cult feature debut, which screened in the Critics’ Week at Cannes, also wonthe Golden Arenas for Best Screenplay, Best Leading Actor (Relja Bašić), and Best Cinematography (Tomislav Pintar), as well as the Silver Arena for Best Film and Best Leading Actress (Milena Dravić) at the 1966 Pula Film Festival. As this subtly directed “character study of a love triangle in which everyone loses” (Nikica Gilić) marks its 60th anniversary, it will screen for the very first time in fully restored format at the prestigious Lumière Festival in Lyon, before going on to screen at the 24th ZFF.

Language: HR
Subtitles: EN

Zvonimir Berković
Zvonimir Berković

Zvonimir Berković (Belgrade, 1928) was a director and screenwriter who began working in film in 1954, and soon became the first scriptwriter at Jadran Film. His screenplay for H-8 (1958, directed by Nikola Tanhofer), which he co-penned with Tomislav Butorac, he won the Golden Arena and the Jelen Audience Award at the Pula Film Festival. He made his directorial debut with the documentary My Flat (1962), while Rondo (1966) was his first fiction film. Among his most notable films are The Scene of the Crash (1971), Love Letters with Intent (1985), and Countess Dora (1993). For many years he taught film screenwriting at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. 

Film information

Director: Zvonimir Berković

Screenplay: Zvonimir Berković

Cast: Relja Bašić, Milena Dravić, Stevo Žigon, Zvonimir Rogoz, Boris Festini

Director of photography: Tomislav Pinter

Editing: Radojka Tanhofer

Production: Jadran Film

Festivals and awards: Pula Film Festival 1966 – Golden Arena for Best Screenplay (Zvonimir Berković), Golden Arena for Best Leading Actor (Relja Bašić), Golden Arena for Best Cinematography (Tomislav Pintar), Silver Arena for Best Film (Rondo), Silver Arena for Best Leading Actress (Milena Dravić); Critics’ Week, Cannes Film Festival 1967

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