The Glembays
Seen it?1988 | 120 min | Drama, Thriller
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who likes to be kept guessing. If you loved Nineteen Eighty-Four, start here.
- The mood
- Tense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 2 hr.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
The Glembays of Zagreb are a rich family cursed with tragedies and haunted by sinister past. Leone Glembay, a rebelious son of the family patriarch, is becoming disgusted with hypocrisy, perversion and crime that runs in the family.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Antun Vrdoljak
- Mustafa NadarevićLeone Glembay
- Ena BegovićBarunica Castelli-Glembay
- Tonko LonzaIgnjat Glembay
- Bernarda OmanAngelika Glembay
- Matko RagužAlojzije Silberbrandt
- Žarko PotočnjakPuba Fabriczy
- Zvonko StrmacTitus Andronicus Fabriczy
- Zvonimir ZoričićKamerdiner Frantz
- Ervina DragmanStara Barboczyjeva
- Asja JovanovićLeoneova majka Daniellijeva