A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate’s village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives “night visits” from the village men. He starts a killing spree, causing a panic among the locals.Read More »
Yugoslavia
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Vojislav ‘Kokan’ Rakonjac – Divlje seme AKA Wild Seed (1967)
1961-1970CrimeDramaVojislav 'Kokan' RakonjacYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Tito -
Frantisek Cáp – Vesna AKA Spring (1953)
Frantisek Cáp1951-1960ComedyRomanceYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoQuote:
Vesna and Samo fall in love. Actually, Vesna doesn’t know that Samo started to court her just in order to get final exams exercises from her father, a professor. When Vesna finds that out she doesn’t want to have anything with him anymore. But she soon changes her mind…Read More » -
Dimitrie Osmanli – Memento (1967)
1961-1970Dimitrie OsmanliDramaRomanceYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under Titoimdb:
A day before the earthquake in Skopje, Wily Muller, a German conductor, while passing through the concert meets a young girl Jana, a student from Skopje. After several years they meet again at the “Solidarity Meetings” event, which is held in Skopje, where Wily Muller is a conductor at a concert held on that occasion. Those several days, spent together with the conductor, for Jana mean fulfillment with a kind of reminiscence of her family tragedy experienced during Skopje’s earthquake, and also a wondering and search for a way of starting life again, which stopped on the day of the earthquake. Although the possibility of going with Muller is very attractive, Jana stays in Skopje. Her place is beside the young man whom she loves and belongs to, with whom she is related with true love…Read More » -
Hajrudin Krvavac – Valter brani Sarajevo AKA Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
Hajrudin Krvavac1971-1980ActionWarYugoslaviaQuote:
World War II is coming to an end, large German forces are retreating and they are in desperate need of fuel. The German command is planning a complex operation to provide them with the supplies they need to retreat. The mysterious Sarajevo illegal Valter will stand in their way.Read More » -
Mladomir ‘Purisa’ Djordjevic – Devojka AKA The Girl (1965)
Mladomir 'Purisa' Djordjevic1961-1970DramaWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoA WW2 love story between a village girl and a partisan. A personal views on war are seen through the eyes of the two above, the local photographer, and German officer.Read More »
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Fedor Hanzekovic – Svoga tela gospodar AKA Master of His Own Body (1957)
Fedor Hanzekovic1951-1960ComedyDramaYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoVery rare. Fedor Hanzekovic’s comedy drama “Master of His Own Body” (1957) is certainly one of the audience’s most loved Croatian films made in the fifties. Based on a short story written by Slavko Kolar.
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Due to negligence that caused the death of a family cow, an extremely poor but handsome young man Iva must obey his father’s demands to marry an unattractive and limping daughter of wealthy villagers.Read More » -
Velimir Stojanovic – Zle pare AKA Cursed Money (1956)
Velimir Stojanovic1951-1960ComedyWarYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoOn the Eve of WW2, the royal government of Yugoslavia hid the national money inside the cave around village of Ozrinic in Montenegro. The locals discovered the heaps of money by accident, and soon begun to build new houses and buy the land. Unfortunately, the Italians occupied the country and burned their properties to ashes. Based on a true story.Read More »
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Bozidar ‘Bota’ Nikolic – Svecana obaveza AKA The Honorary Duty (1986)
Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic1981-1990DramaTVYugoslaviaA professor of geography and a farmer befriend during their military service. On a day of taking the solemn oath, a farmer’s father who rejected him when he was little suddenly appears. Refusing to meet him, he sends his friend to replace him.Read More »
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Fedor Hanzekovic – Bakonja fra Brne aka Ivo, the Monk (1951)
1951-1960ComedyFedor HanzekovicYugoslaviaYugoslavian Cinema under TitoEarly Yugoslavian cinema, great and popular comedy produced by Jadran film, Zagreb.
It is based on Simo Matavulj’s novel of the same name.Plot:
A film about the fate of the village lad named Ivo who goes into monastery to become a friar, and so to help his family in the difficult economic situation.Read More »