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
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
Šagrenska koža (The Piece of Shagreen Leather) – 1960
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
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