In the 1990s , the Croatia Film company adapted Brlić-Mažuranić 's work '' The Marvellous Adventures and Misadventures of Hlapić the Apprentice '' as a children 's animated feature , '' Lapitch the Little Shoemaker '' . Originally released in 1997 , it became Croatia 's most successful theatrical release , and was its official submission to the 70th Academy Awards ( in the Best Foreign Language Film category )
70th Academy Awards
70th Academy Awards
Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić