Manusha - The little gypsy witch Director: Tomislav Zaja Genre: Children / Musical / Comedy / Fantasy Locations: Austria, Croatia, Macedonia Language: Croatian Dubbing: German Subtitles: English
The Little Gypsy Witch is the story of Manusha, a single child in an urban Roma family. Mother Aska works in a light-bulb factory, father Hrast plays the trumpet in a funeral orchestra, while granny Ilonka, the neighborhood fortune-teller, infallibly predicts fate. Up until one morning when she pulls out the Death card to herself. At the moment when granny Ilonka breathes her last breath, mother is fired from her job, father loses his musical ear and his trumpet stops listening to him, and the house pet Baltazar’s (the ferret) fur goes white from the stress, and then completely fades and disappears! “It is almost as if you are cursed”, says Zdenko, Manusha’s friend from school. With the help of granny’s ghost who is stuck in a portrait on the wall of the living room, Manusha and Zdenko discover the truth behind “granny’s curse”, as well as a huge family secret ... Cast: Selma Ibrahimi, Marin Arman Grbin, Aleksandra Balmazovic, Rakan Rushaidat, Sabina Ajrula, Krunoslav Saric
Director: Tomislav Zaja Scriptwriter: Irena Krcelic DoP: Mario Delic Editor: Hrvoje Mrsic Music: Vjeran Salamon & King Naat Veliov Original songs: Miro Kadoic (Vjeran Salamon) Sound: Mladen Pervan Production Designer: Ivica Trpcic Art Directors: Hans Joerg Mikesch , Bujar Mucha Costume Designer: Blanka Budak (Katja Hrobat) Make-up supervisor: Ana Bulajic Crcek VFX supervisor: Reinhold Fragner Producers: Boris Dmitrovic, Knut Ogris, Zoran Risteski Production Managers: Luka Dmitrovic, Daniel Hackenberg , Katja Getov Produced by: Formula Film (Croatia), Knut Ogris Films (Austria), Geyzer Film (Macedonia) Funded by: ÖFI, FiSA, OÖ Kultur, HAVC, Macedonian Ministry of Culture, City of Zagreb Film Fund Supported by EURIMAGES Participation: HRT, ORF Shooting: 28.12.2010 – 11.2. 2011 Release: June 2011
