The Glembays
The Glembays is a 1988 Socialist [Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav film] directed by Antun Vrdoljak starring Mustafa Nadarević and Ena Begović. The film is an adaptation of Miroslav Krleža's 1929 play Messrs. Glembay and was produced by Televizija Zagreb and Jadran Film.
Plot
It is a period piece set in 1913 in Zagreb and follows members of the fictional Glembay family, headed by Ignjat Glembay, a prominent banker, and his second wife baroness Castelli. Eleven years after his mother's suicide, Leone Glembay returns from abroad to his family home in Zagreb. He is haunted by depressing memories, particularly by thoughts of his deceased mother, his sister who committed suicide, and the Baroness Castelli, his father's second wife. The only member of his family that Leone confides in is Beatrice, his brother Ivan's widow, who in the meantime became a nun and renamed herself Angelika. Leone witnesses omnipresent hypocrisy in the family and is repulsed by the criminal means through which his family became rich. Ultimately, Leone confronts his father and the baroness.Cast
- Mustafa Nadarević as Leone Glembay
- Ena Begović as Barunica Castelli
- Tonko Lonza as Ignjat Glembay
- Bernarda Oman as Beatrice, Sister Angelika
- Matko Raguž as Silberbrant
- Žarko Potočnjak as Puba Fabriczy
- as Franz
- Zvonko Štrmac as Titus Androcius Fabriczy
- Zvonimir Rogoz as Older Gentleman
- Ksenija Pajić as beggaress Fanika Canjeg