| Hrvoje Sarić (1922-2007) was a Croatian inventor born in the town of Knin, and studied at the Technical University in Zagreb. He has about seventy inventions in various technical disciplines. Mr. Sarić defended only twelve patents during his lifetime, while at least a dozen of his patents are to be defended posthumously. In 1972 Hrvoje Sarić invented and patented the first professional 360 degree synchro-rotational photo-camera in history, named SRF 360. In 1988 he deviced the first electronical construction consisting of nine BETACAM videocameras, catching every detail within the full circle, while the picture was projected onto a circular screen using nine LCD projectors based on liquid crystals. This equipment has been exploited by the staff of Vinko Brešan, Croatian film producer, in order to prepare a unique film describing one typical day at Croatian sea. This film represented Croatia at the 1998 EXPO exhibition in Lisbon, capital of Portugal. It arose a great interest, and was visited by more than a million of people. The same construction has been used for the new film which represented Croatia at the 2000 EXPO exhibition in Hannover, Germany. Hrvoje Sarić prepared about two hundred various short films, documentaries and stories from Croatia. He is the recipient of Golden Bear in Venice for his “Lost Pen” in the category of films for children. Mr. Sarić lived with his family very modestly, in silence, far from any publicity. |

Croatia – a surprise of World expositions expo 98 in LisbonCroatian appearance at World Exposition EXPO ’98 in Lisbon, Portugal, was the biggest surprise of the whole exposition. Its general topic – “The Sea, the Oceans, the Waters – the Heritage for the Future” was for Croatia – a maritime Mediterranean country of extraordinary natural resources – an extremely gratifying guideline which was used to the full. The Croatian pavilion became a place of visitors’ major interest and a must-see for every official delegation. The successful presentation of Croatia in Lisbon wasn’t missed by the organizers of the World Exposition in Hanover, and our country was directly invited by the host of EXPO 2000. |
![]() On the occasion of the 1998 EXPO in Portugal the Croatian National Bank issued a nice coin of 25 KN (kuna). The central part carries the image of a model of an ancient Croatian ship, “falkuša“, dating from the eleventh and twelfth century. Within the ring, in its bottom semicircle, there is a succession of horizontal lines, symbolizing the see surface. The inscription EXPO – LISABON 1998 is placed in the top semicircle of the ring. |
In memoriam Hrvoju Sariću (1922-2007)Usporedo sa profesionalnim filmskim radom, životno opredjeljenje Hrvoja Sarića je izumiteljstvo. Inovator je sedamdesetak izuma iz različitih tehničkih područja. Priznato mu je dvanaest patenata a jošje desetak u tijeku, no, zameo ih je vihor vremena. |










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Many thanks to Mr. Filip Cvitić, Zagreb, for information about the article by Duško Popović dealing with inventions of Hrvoje Sarić, and published by ZAPIS.
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