Petre Arsovski

  • Trajce Popov – Presuda AKA The Verdict (1977)

    1971-1980DramaTrajce PopovWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Plot:
    In the conflict with the enemy in a already lost battle, at risk to die in vain, partisan Mitko Angelov, is leaving the battlefield. He boards on the train and goes to see his mother, who has just returned from internment. When he returned to the brigade, he was declared a deserter, disarmed and bound. Since he lost his weapon, the Commissioner sent him to patrol in action, to take a weapon from Germans. All partisans from the patrol were killed except Mitko and Vane, who was seriously wounded. Thinking that Vane is dead, Angelov returns was in the brigade. But the commander did not believe him, thinking that he had fled from the battle, and imprisons him in the basement. In the meantime, a wounded fighter Vane is showing up, and the story of the heroic struggle. But at the same time, a military court sentenced him to death for desertion.Read More »

  • Branko Gapo – Vreme, vodi AKA Times, Waters (1980)

    1971-1980Branko GapoDramaYugoslavia

    The life and times of Petar Chushko and his fellow peasants from the village Sushevo (Droughtville) are inextricably linked to the scarcity of their water supply. With the blessing of their priest, the villagers of Sushevo change the course of the local river and steal the waters of the neighboring village Kamenovo (Stoneville). A fight breaks out between the villages, their priests included. The peasants are brought before a judge for disturbance of the peace. The judge is corrupt enough to pronounce a verdict in favor of those who are prepared to pay more, so the water goes to Kamenovo. Meanwhile, there is no water at all in Sushevo and the villagers refuse to pay the water tax in protest. Read More »

  • Branko Gapo – Najdolgiot pat AKA The Longest Journey (1976)

    Drama1971-1980Branko GapoYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito

    Content:
    March 1903. The Ottoman Empire is in a process disintegration. Only Macedonia is not still liberated in the Balkans. The Macedonian revolutionary movement is in full growth. The Turks are trying to keep their last bastion in Europe. The Macedonian people are being exposed to the most severe oppressions as it is due to the revenge of the Turks for supporting and protecting the komitadji (komita – a local guerilla freedom-fighter). In such a case the Turks besiege a village where were a weeding ceremony is taking place. They shoot at the peasants, round them up and most of them are being taken away. The groom is among them. More than two hundred people are taken prisoner in the fortress. Read More »

  • Stole Popov – Gypsy Magic AKA Gipsy Magic (1997)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaMacedoniaStole Popov

    Quote:
    In a Macedonian gypsy village local man meets an Indian UNPROFOR physician whom he sees as solution to all his troubles.Read More »

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