Tranquilizer Gun

This article is about the Croatian film. For the weapon, see tranquilizer gun.

Tranquilizer Gun (Puška za uspavljivanje) is a 1997 Croatian film directed by Hrvoje Hribar [hr] and starring Rene Medvešek, Alma Prica, Jelena Miholjević, and Nina Violić.

Tranquilizer Gun
Directed by	Hrvoje Hribar
Written by	Hrvoje Hribar, Ivan Vidić[1]
Starring	Rene Medvešek Alma Prica Jelena Miholjević Nina Violić Filip Šovagović Vili Matula Igor Tkalec Dražen Kühn
Cinematography	Slobodan Trninić[1]
Edited by	Slaven Zečević[1]
Music by	Svadbas[1]
Production companies	FIZ, Croatian Radiotelevision[1]
Release date	1997 (1997)[1]
Running time	116 minutes[1]
Country	Croatia
Language	Croatian

Plot

Janko (Medvešek), a police officer, meets Marta (Prica), a widow of Karlo Štajner, a war profiteer who left his business in disarray. Janko can't decide between Marta and Nana (Violić), his kleptomaniac wife. Janko's affair with Marta unwittingly gets him involved in a complex criminal plot.^[1][2]

Cast

• Rene Medvešek as Janko
• Alma Prica as Marta
• Nina Violić as Nana

Reception

The critics praised the actors^[1][3] and the film's visual style,^[1] but found it lacking in energy^[2][3] and suffering from an overly complicated plot towards the end.^[1]

Tranquilizer Gun did not find success either at the Pula Film Festival or the Croatian box office - partly due to inadequate promotion - but received the 1998 Oktavijan Award from the Croatian Association of Film Critics.^[1]