Mario Fanelli
Known for Writing
Born
May 13, 1924
Died
July 18, 1991 (age 67)
Birthplace
San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche, Italy
Filmography
27 films
Known for Writing
Born
May 13, 1924
Died
July 18, 1991 (age 67)
Birthplace
San Benedetto del Tronto, Marche, Italy
Filmography
27 films
Ether
Ether
1985 · 1h 16m
country: Yugoslavia
The story follows two journalists from Zagreb who go to a Pannonian town to report on wild radio stations. There they discover an unusual radio station that broadcasts news that is not usually released to the public. As they are collecting information about it, they get drawn into local affairs more than they hoped and wanted.

The Tamburitza Players
1982 · 2h 7m
country: Yugoslavia
It’s the winter of 1942. A freight train on the section of the Slavonian railway Vinkovci-Nova Gradiska is under a special Gestapo escort. Fleeing misfortune and evil brought by war, the last wagon is the place of encounter of politicians, war smugglers, deserters and tamburitza players.

Two Coffins of Dynamite
1980 · 58m
country: Yugoslavia
After getting into conflict with the head of the construction company, the party secretary and even majority of his fellow workers who took the management’s side, Perisa writes a letter to the Central Committee asking for his labor rights. Just before the arrival of the press, an accident occurs.

The Loner
1976 · 1h 25m
country: Yugoslavia
In this intriguing, bittersweet picture of the factory atmosphere from the era of socialist self-management, we follow the story of the factory porter Djuro who, unlike his colleagues, has been unable to get an apartment within “social ownership” for years.

A Statement
1976 · 58m
country: Yugoslavia
A story about a hard-working man who earns his piece of bread honestly. But this time, his attempt to become head of the workers’ syndicate and his statement will change his and the lives of many workers in the company.

Down with Weapons
1975 · 58m
country: Yugoslavia
In this TV film, the action takes place in the Bay of Kotor in 1918, where the famous revolt of sailors of the Austro-Hungarian fleet happened, here reconstructed in the form of a docudrama.

Tena
1975 · 1h 11m
country: Yugoslavia
Tena, a young Slavonian woman becomes aware of her own beauty which makes her fall into a state of moral decay. Her newly discovered promiscuity eventually makes her fellow villagers turn on her.

Footprints on the Moon
1975 · 1h 36m
country: Italy
Alice, a young translator, finds the real world slowly merging with her recurring nightmares as she tries to solve the puzzle of her recent memory loss. A postcard leads her to the island of Garma where the locals seems to know her. Is she who she thinks she is? And what significance does her dream of an astronaut abandoned on the moon have?

Ping without Pong
1974 · 1h 11m
country: Yugoslavia
A chance meeting of old friends in the same train compartment. They go to the restaurant wagon for coffee. The lawyer and his wife are in the train restaurant. Apparently the looks of passion and longings of our friend from the compartment and the lawyer’s bring back thoughts from the past.

Mad House
1972 · 53m
country: Yugoslavia
A new unpleasant tenant is moving into a Jewish apartment. One of the old tenants decides to scare him away with the help of the ghost of the Jewish family's patriarch.

Friends
1972 · 51m
country: Yugoslavia
An absurd combination of circumstances turns two idle young men into fugitives from the law.

In the Net
1972 · 1h 8m
country: Yugoslavia
TV adaptation of “The Net”, a collection of short stories by Erih Kos.

The Rooster's Beak
1971 · 53m
country: Yugoslavia
The story of the Partisan, understated idealists… who happily lives in post-war society. The problem arises when his comrades Sylvia wants to declare war memoirs where your credit stands out in an attack on a particularly important strategic enemy position called “The Rooster’s Beak”.

The Way to Paradise
1970 · 1h 43m
country: Yugoslavia
A man and his conscience are shown on their way to paradise as the only illusion that saves him the present civilization's hell. However, it is the same people and same events that await him there.
Adam and Eve
Adam and Eve
1969 · 1h 36m
country: Yugoslavia
A TV film based on single act drama written by Miroslav Krleza, that belongs to his expressionist phase. It was first published in 1922, and then regularly as a part of collection of plays called "Legends". By giving them this primordial biblical names, in this drama Krleza speaks about the intricate relation between two lovers, while interweaving reality and unreality, giving wider context of human relations to everything.

The Chicken Stealers
1968 · 1h 16m
country: Yugoslavia
At the very end of the WW2, two Croatian Home Guard soldiers run home in German uniforms. They managed to save their lives and spent most of their time stealing chickens and eggs for their superior officer. Their uncertain journey ends with the last task: to escort the arrested partisan agent.

Seven Hours and Fifteen Minutes
1966 · 53m
country: Yugoslavia
The main character is the director of a social enterprise who, before leaving for the airport, faces the fact that his son was beaten during a night out.

Wet Skin
1966 · 1h 4m
country: Yugoslavia
In a construction company faced with the suspension of production due to lack of profitability, an engineer still believes in the effectiveness of his work in the province, however it affects the relationship with the girlfriend.
Men and Not
Men and Not
1963
country: Yugoslavia
Adaptation of Elio Vittorini’s novel.