'' Lapitch '' remains Croatia 's most successful production in terms of viewership , and became that country 's official selection for the 1997 Academy Awards ( in the Best Foreign Language Film category ) . Its popularity led to the production of a 26-episode television series , also called '' Lapitch the Little Shoemaker '' , at the end of the 1990s
1997 Academy Awards
70th Academy Awards
Lapitch the Little Shoemaker