Octavijan Miletić (1902-1987) is considered to be the first director of Croatian and Yugoslavian cinema.  Born in Zagreb to a philosopher father who was also a symbolic figure of Croatian theatre, he discovered a passion for cinema early on.  In 1926 he acquired his first amateur camera and quickly won prizes for his films around the world. Furthermore he was the first Croatian film director to go from silent to speaking film and in 1944 made the first Croatian long-length film: Lisinski.

While devoting himself to experimental cinema, Miletić also liked to parody expressionist films and genre films, always paying particular attention to aesthetics. Poslovi konzula Dorgena, Nocturno and Šešir perfectly illustrate the Miletić's desire for experimentation and innovation at the dawn of the Second World War.

Poslovi konzula Dorgena, translated into English by Consul Dorgen's Business, takes up the codes of the detective film, mixing anxiety, suspense and emotion.  Presented by the film director as a "criminal drama in two acts", this short film alternately makes you smile because of the sometimes hammed situations, jump out of your skin and breathe a sigh of relief.

In 1933 Oktavijan Miletić presented Poslovi konzula Dorgena at the 3rd International Auteur Cinema Festival. It was awarded second prize received from the hands of the president of the jury who was none other than Louis Lumière.

Filmed in 9.5mm, the film was consequently blown up to 35mm by the Croatian Film Archives to which Oktavijan Miletić donated his works of art at the beginning of the 1980's.

The original music for this film was composed by Michel Korb in 2009.