A caricature of Yugoslav reality – The Emperor’s New Clothes by Ante Babaja Cover Image

Karykatura jugosłowiańskiej rzeczywistości – Nowe szaty cesarza Ante Babai
A caricature of Yugoslav reality – The Emperor’s New Clothes by Ante Babaja

Author(s): Urszula Putyńska
Subject(s): Visual Arts, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Keywords: Ante Babaja; kino chorwackie; adaptacja; alegoria; karykatura; film satyryczny; chorwacki modernizm filmowy;

Summary/Abstract: This article aims to analyze The Emperor’s New Clothes (1961), the first feature movie by Ante Babaja. The director employed his vivid literary imagination to retell the classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Babaja’s theoretical self-awareness, his deep understanding of the very process of adapting literature, enabled him to create a layered allegory of Yugoslavia under the rule of Josip Broz-Tito.

  • Issue Year: 2024
  • Issue No: 41
  • Page Range: 233-261
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Polish
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