A programme marking the beginning

of the Great War in Pula and Istria

With the programme “1914 Pula Is Crowded / Pola Gremita”, Pula and Istria are joining the global commemoration of

World War I’s centennial.A large number of exhibitions, literary events, symposiums,

educational programmes, art installations, film screenings and theatre performances await you.

PULA AND THE GREAT WAR / POLA E LA GRANDE GUERRA / PULA UND DER ERSTE WELTKRIEG

Pula, City Library, 28 June – 28 July 2014An exhibition about the beginning of the Great War in Pula and Istria in old postcards,

newspaper articles and literary quotes.

THIS TOMB IS TOO SMALL FOR MEBrioni, Ulysses Theatre, 11-13 July 2014

Biljana Srbljanović’s play, directed by Dino Mustafić, focuses on the Sarajevo assassination and Gavrilo Princip, with an accent on the meaning of freedom fight,

revolution and youth.

THE THERESIENBURG FUNERALBrioni, Ulysses Theatre, 23-27 July 2014

A choreodrama performed by ballet soloists from the Croatian National Theatre and actors Dražen Čuček, Ozren Grabarić and others, based on Krleža’s namesake short story

and directed by Staša Zurovac.

WAR AND PEACE: 100 YEARS THAT LASTPOETRY SPEAKING FOR CENTURIES

Brioni, Ulysses Theatre, 9 August 2014Rade Šerbedžija, Igor Štiks, Milan Rakovac, Lenka Udovički and students of the course

“Acting, Medium, Culture” reinterpret anti-war poetry that marked the 20th century.

BARON GAUTSCH: First Victim of World War I in IstriaPula, Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria (Kaštel),

12 August 2014The central event of summer 2014 season of the project “1914 Pula Is Crowded / Pola Gremita” is an exhibition about one of the most tragic shipwreck in the Adriatic, the

sinking of the Baron Gautsch steamship. Baron Gautsch passengers are considered the first civilian victims of World War I.

CENTENNIAL OF THE BARON GAUTSCH SINKINGPula – Rovinj, Altum Mare Diving Centre Association,

August – September 2014The Baron Gautsch shipwreck will be the place of many cultural, athletic and tourist

events: underwater exhibition Baron Gautsch 1908-1914 and A View on Blue (10 August – 24 September 2014); photograph exhibition Baron Then and Now

(2 August – 19 September 2014); memorial and research dives (12-14 August 2014); underwater film and photography festival White Lion (25-28 September 2014).

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