The Botoric Family
Director srdjan knezevic
Countries Serbia
Duration 66 min
Synopsis
The documentary film «BOTORIĆI» (about the family of Svetozar BOTORIĆ) represents a testimony about the sufferings of a Serbian family all over the Twentieth century. Based upon family documents and on interviews given by Stanica Botorić (a daughter of Svetozar Botorić) and Ljubomir Mihailović (his grandson), this film shows the beginning of movie projections in Serbia, before the First World War (testimonies by cinema researchers and historians about the first permanent movie theater in Belgrade, in Botorić-owned hotel «Paris») as well as the making of first feature films in the Balkans, including «Life and deeds of immortal duke Karadjordje» (interviews of film experts and historians).
The documentary film «BOTORIĆI» (about the family of Svetozar BOTORIĆ) represents a testimony about the sufferings of a Serbian family all over the Twentieth century. Based upon family documents and on interviews given by Stanica Botorić (a daughter of Svetozar Botorić) and Ljubomir Mihailović (his grandson), this film shows the beginning of movie projections in Serbia, before the First World War (testimonies by cinema researchers and historians about the first permanent movie theater in Belgrade, in Botorić-owned hotel «Paris») as well as the making of first feature films in the Balkans, including «Life and deeds of immortal duke Karadjordje» (interviews of film experts and historians).