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Inspektor se vratio kući (1959)

Inspektor se vratio kući poster
Directed by
Vatroslav Mimica
Genre
animation
Country
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Runtime
11 min
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bumbling police inspector chases after his own fingerprint through a series of surreal, animated scenes. The film presents a dizzying existentialist story about an incompetent officer trying to catch a mark he himself left behind.

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What happens

Inspektor se vratio kući (English: The Inspector Comes Home) is a 1959 animated short film directed by Vatroslav Mimica for Zagreb Film. It is described as a dizzying existentialist parable about an inept police inspector chasing his own fingerprint. Mimica collaborated with animator Aleksandar Marks and background artist Zlatko Bourek. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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