FEATURE SERIES FOR CHILDREN IN CREATIVITY BY OBRAD GLUŠČEVIĆ (1913.-1980.)

Hrvatski redatelj i scenarist Obrad Gluščević (1913 – 1980) rodio se u Metkoviću. Četiri desetljeća prošlo je od njegove smrti, a njegova ostavština i značaj za razvoj niza televizijskih formata na hrvatskome jeziku danas traži temeljit opis i vrednovanje. U hrvatskome se (tada jugoslavenskome) javnome prostoru Gluščević pojavljuje u drugoj polovici šezdesetih godina prošloga stoljeća kroz: (1) dokumentarni filmski diskurs (Ljudi s Neretve, 1966) i (2) TV komedije izražena mediteranskoga senzibiliteta (Lito vilovito, 1964; Čovik od svita, 1965 i Goli čovik, 1968). Status jednoga od najvećih redatelja i scenarista dobit će za format televizijske igrane serije za djecu. Naime, početkom sedamdesetih prošloga stoljeća nastaju njegovi najpoznatiji filmski i TV uratci: film Vuk samotnjak (1972), serija Kapetan Mikula Mali (1974) i njegov možda najpoznatiji uradak – TV serija za djecu Jelenko (1980). U radu će se predstaviti Gluščevićevo stvaralaštvo kroz razvojni koncept televizijskoga formata igrane serije za djecu, a kao vrijedan doprinos kulturnoj i jezičnoj baštini hrvatskoga naroda u ne baš povoljnim društveno-političkim vremenima, onima od sredine šezdesetih do početka osamdesetih prošloga stoljeća.Croatian director and screenwriter Obrad Gluščević (1913 – 1980) was born in Metković. Four decades have passed since his death, and his legacy and significance, for the development of a number of television formats in the Croatian language, require a thorough description and evaluation. Gluščević appeared in the Croatian (then Yugoslav) public space in the second half of the 1960s through: (1) documentary film discourse (Ljudi s Neretve, 1966) and (2) TV comedies with a pronounced Mediterranean sensibility (Lito vilovito, 1964; Čovik od svita, 1965 i Goli čovik, 1968). Gluščević received the status of one of the greatest directors and screenwriters for the format of a feature series for children. Namely, at the beginning of the seventies of the last century, his most famous film and TV works were created: the film Vuk samotnjak (1972), the series Kapetan Mikula Mali (1974) and perhaps his most famous work - the TV seriesfor children Jelenko (1980). This paper will present Gluščević's work through the development concept of the television format of the drama series for children as a valuable contribution to the cultural and linguistic heritage of the Croatian people in not very favorable socio-politicaltimes, those from the mid-1960sto the beginning of the 1980s