My Top 20 by Country (2) - Yugoslavia
Ex-Yugoslavia that is (1946-91). (Post-YU lists should follow, my luck permitting.)
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from Yugoslavia I've seen (so far).
Notes:
Extra note: This list is (much) longer than usual/planned. To list all the excellentia I've seen from this country I would need to make Top 60 (and I just might one fine day). *smile*
Important! The titles within the same rate are listed arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
Under construction and always in progress.
The Best films from Yugoslavia I've seen (so far).
Notes:
- Feature length films only.
- TV movies (and documentaries) eligible. TV mini-series are NOT.
- International co-productions also eligible provided they're directed by a 'native' director.
Extra note: This list is (much) longer than usual/planned. To list all the excellentia I've seen from this country I would need to make Top 60 (and I just might one fine day). *smile*
Important! The titles within the same rate are listed arbitrarily. Feel free to re-order them at your will.
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- DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsBekim FehmiuOlivera KatarinaVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicTensions arise in a Gypsy community when a local feather seller falls in love with a much younger girl.Orig. title: Skupljači perja.
TV. 10/10. - DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsMilena DravicIvica VidovicJagoda KaloperAn homage to the work of psychologist Wilhelm Reich, matched with a story about a Yugoslavian girl's affair with a Russian skater. Sexual repression, social systems and the orgone theory are explored.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorBostjan HladnikStarsDusa PockajMiha BalohRado NakrstPeter is the dark brooding type. Leading a vacuous, shapeless life, he longs for the ideal woman, while at the same time, half heartedly continuing with his habitual girlfriend, Marusa , who is considerably older, a fact that Peter is quick to point out. As an ageing actress, struggling for parts in her local theatre, she oozes insecurity and breathes uncertainty. Together, they spend their time in the local restaurant, smoking, drinking and trading verbal blows. "I bet you'll just end up a drunk," she tells Peter each time. Peter just grins and tells her how old she looks. Compounded by a thankless director who soon shows her the door, Marusa finds her identity being squeezed harder and harder against the wall. To escape, Peter and Marusa dream...Orig. title: Ples v dežju.
PC. 10/10. - DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsDavor DujmovicBora TodorovicLjubica AdzovicIn this luminous tale set in the area around Sarajevo and in Italy, Perhan, an engaging young Romany (gypsy) with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime, which threatens to destroy him and those he loves.Orig. title: Dom za vešanje.
PC. 10/10. - DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicAli RanerSlobodan 'Cica' PerovicThree stories are set at the beginning, middle and the end of WW2. In all three of them the hero of the movie must witness the death of people he likes.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsDragoljub AleksicBratoljub GligorijevicVera JovanovicDocumentary about the famous Serbian athlete and movie enthusiast who made a feature film during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade and had some problems after the liberation because of that.Orig. title: Nevinost bez zaštite.
Cinema. 10/10. - DirectorMladomir 'Purisa' DjordjevicStarsLjubisa SamardzicNeda ArnericMilena DravicThe war has ended leaving a deep trace in people. Going through a different conflicts in the first days of peace - dealing with a former enemy's collaborators and executing traitors - a former soldier continues with killing even in peace. So, the war goes on, a struggle within himself and with the people around him.TV. 10/10.
- DirectorAnte BabajaStarsSven LastaIvona PetriMilka Podrug-KokotovicIn an island town, a professor pensioned before his time, together with his wife, takes care of the hundred year old Maddona Makantuna, a dispossessed land owner.TV. 10/10.
- DirectorZelimir ZilnikStarsMilja VujanovicBogdan TirnanicCedomir RadovicA group of young persons are going to make a revolution, but in real life everything is not the same as in smart books.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsEva RasSlobodan AligrudicRuzica SokicA young female starts a love relationship with a serious young man. However, while he is away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's desires.Orig. title: Ljubavni slučaj ili tragedija službenice P.T.T..
Cinema. 10/10. - DirectorZdravko VelimirovicStarsSlobodan DimitrijevicMilivoje ZivanovicAnka ZupancLado Tajovic, a student, is charged by the communist party to go to his home in the Montenegrin Mountains, to illegally spread the liberation movement's propaganda. Alone, surrounded by enemies, always awake and ready to evade traps and ambushes, Lado fights on the verge of sleep, against people which are cowards ready to betrayal. He fights his own temptations, hallucinations that constantly besiege him. Although he perseveres in holding to party directives: no killing and no revenge, Lado at one moment of weakness falls to a primal human act vengeance.TV. 10/10.
- DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsMilena DravicIvica VidovicSeverin BijelicIdealistic young man supports the party and the new Yugoslavia's communist regime, but soon gets involved in various political and criminal machinations becoming more and more confused about what's right and what's wrong.Cinema. 10/10.
- DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsMetod PevecBoris JuhHans Christian BlechThe two enemies from war, Slovenian partisan Berk and German soldier Bitter, meet each other during holidays in Spain. Recalling the war through conversation, Berk remembers Anton, his fellow comrade he had spend the most time with.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorVatroslav MimicaStarsZaim MuzaferijaUgljesa KojadinovicJolanda DjacicAn experimental film about peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the Eve of Italian occupation of the country.Orig. title: Kaja, ubit ću te!
TV. 9/10. - DirectorBahrudin 'Bato' CengicStarsStojan 'Stole' ArandjelovicMarija TocinoskiZaim MuzaferijaAfter the end of World War II a blonde boy arrives at an orphanage made for the children of partisans or people killed in the war. The headmaster knows that the boy's parents were Nazis but conceals that fact from others, fearing violence by vengeful children. He invents the boy's life story, but the other children get suspicious.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorVojislav 'Kokan' RakonjacStarsBranko PlesaLjuba TadicVesna KrajinaTwo men, who have been fighting on the enemy sides in WWII, meet in the jazz club twenty years after. Mladen, who was a partisan at the time, recognizes a familiar face of a man whom he was supposed to shot, but missed on purpose.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorZvonimir BerkovicStarsStevo ZigonMilena DravicRelja BasicEvery Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Fedji. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with Neda, Fedia's wife, and almost invisibly, a love triangle forms. Chess board is the central part of the film, as moves on the board reflect emotions of the characters.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorVojko DuleticStarsStefka DrolcJanez BermezTone KuntnerTrials and tribulations of a woman in prewar Yugoslavia who after being seduced by a rich man, marries a poor one and struggles on. Based on a novel by Ivan Cankar.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorMladomir 'Purisa' DjordjevicStarsMilena DravicLjubisa SamardzicRade MarkovicA 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.PC. 9/10.
- DirectorGoran PaskaljevicStarsLjuba TadicDanilo 'Bata' StojkovicDusica ZegaracDr. Ilic works in the hospital for compulsory treatment of alcoholics. By conducting his own "special treatment" through physical exercises, apple eating, the healing effects of listening to Wagner's music and psychodrama, a group of six patients have been taken to visit the brewery where there is a problem of alcoholism in the workplace. The events that followed reveal that the doctor used his own way of treatment in order to express his own essentially despotic and hypocritical personality.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorSrdjan KaranovicStarsMirjana KaranovicDragan MaksimovicPavle VuisicThis film takes place in a small mining town in Serbia within a time span covering the prewar, war, and postwar periods. "Petria's wreath" is a story about the tragic life of an illiterate village woman and her life with three men she loves. Torn between dreams and reality, she endures a life of suffering, loneliness, disappointment, hope, and love.PC. 9/10.
- DirectorSlobodan SijanStarsPavle VuisicDragan NikolicDanilo 'Bata' StojkovicIt's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorEmir KusturicaStarsSlavko StimacSlobodan AligrudicLjiljana BlagojevicA young man's personality is shaped, involving some weird happenings around.Orig. title: Sjećaš li se, Dolly Bell.
Cinema. 9/10. - DirectorGoran MarkovicStarsMustafa NadarevicAnica DobraMilorad Mandic-MandaPiano teacher is deeply traumatised by the events of his childhood, as well as by political oppression in his youth. Decades later, all those traumas lead to carnage.Orig. title: Već viđeno.
PC. 9/10. - DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsDragan NikolicRuzica SokicNeda SpasojevicThe story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorMladomir 'Purisa' DjordjevicStarsLjubisa SamardzicMihailo 'Misa' JanketicOlivera KatarinaYoung people in 1941 dream of the future in spite of the German advances, and continues to dream knowing that dreams cannot be taken away.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorDusan MakavejevStarsMilena DravicJanez VrhovecEva RasA love romance between older, respectable engineer that came in the industrial town to do some expert job and young hairdresser in whose house he stayed in and the consequences of that relationship, especially after young driver gets involved.Orig. title: Čovek nije tica.
TV. 9/10. - DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsAnnie GirardotIvan PalúchMija AleksicA bizarre and tragic love story involving swineherd, village fool, teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.Orig. title: Biće skoro propast sveta.
Cinema. 9/10. - DirectorRajko GrlicStarsGorica PopovicVitomira LoncarBogdan DiklicThis movie, based in part on the popular novel, tells two tales about modern women. One is Stefica Cvek, average and lonely girl who is desperately trying to find the man of her dreams. The other story is about a woman director who is making the movie abozt Stefica and has the same problem.Orig. title: U raljama života.
Cinema. 9/10. - DirectorBoro DraskovicStarsRade SerbedzijaDragan NikolicSonja SavicSick of the system he works in, an engineer stops the train in the middle of nowhere. The passengers decide to spend time in a local cafe, where their arguments lead to violence.Orig. title: Život je lep.
VHS. 9/10. - DirectorSlobodan SijanStarsBogdan DiklicDanilo 'Bata' StojkovicPavle VuisicThe Topalovic family has been in the burial business for generations. When the old (150 yrs old) Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance.Orig. title: Maratonci trče počasni krug.
Cinema. 9/10. - DirectorRajko GrlicStarsRade SerbedzijaAleksandar BercekBozidar BobanIn 1960, Vitomir Bezjak graduated from the Music Academy in Zagreb as an honor student. Now, he is looking for a job, lives like a bohemian and works on his musical pieces. In spite of the fact that he is the recipient of much praise, no one wants to hire him. His girlfriend leaves him and, disappointed, he accepts a job as a piano teacher. He soon falls in love with a rich widow, whose son he teaches. The boy's grandfather throws a big wedding party for the new couple, introducing Vitomir to many influential people. The young man's life changes radically: he becomes famous, attending political meetings and big receptions. Everyone expects a masterpiece from him, but he is no longer the talented young composer he used to be. Finally, after he finishes his magnum opus, one of the orchestra members accuses him of plagiarism.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorNikola TanhoferStarsBoris BuzancicDjurdja IvezicAntun VrdoljakA bus and a truck are destined to collide with each other on a highway. Their passengers go on about their lives without knowing what will happen.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsSlobodan 'Cica' PerovicDusica ZegaracSeverin BijelicA lonely man struggles to find the money for his ill sister's treatment while at the same time trying to escape his past and to make sense of the present.Orig. title: Buđenje pacova.
Cinema. 9/10. - DirectorZivojin PavlovicStarsRade SerbedzijaMajda PotokarMajda GrbacAn ex-partisan and current political activist sets out to Styria region in Slovenia to buy out the wheat from peasants and convince them to form the farming collective. His ostensible success (based on blackmailing rather than convincing), as well as his love defeat, make him disturbed and he kills an innocent man while performing a social mission.Orig. title: Rdeče klasje.
Cinema. 9/10. - DirectorAnte BabajaStarsManca KosirVelimir 'Bata' ZivojinovicFabijan SovagovicBeautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorVatroslav MimicaStarsPavle VuisicSergio Mimica-GezzanBoris DvornikA grandfather and his grandson go to a fair to sell a horse. A ranger and his vicious partner, Matijevic, follow them as they return home in order to rob them. The confrontation takes place in the forest.Orig. title: Događaj.
TV. 9/10. - DirectorKrsto PapicStarsFabijan SovagovicAdem CejvanJagoda KaloperSmall village in mountains of Dalmatinska Zagora is under total control of Andrija, local Party official. One day two members of secret police come to the village and everybody knows they are going to arrest somebody, but nobody knows whom.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsOlga VujadinovicLjubisa SamardzicVjekoslav AfricA married woman is living an unexcited life, until she meets a man who is able to put a smile on her face again, at least for one day.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorRajko GrlicStarsPredrag 'Miki' ManojlovicVladislava MilosavljevicMladen BudiscakTomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family. His love affair with the class enemy and his slow adaptation to the post-war realities could seal his doom.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorKiril CenevskiStarsDarko DamevskiAco JovanovskiRisto SiskovThe story of Macedonian soldiers who were captured by the Greek army and taken to the prison camps on Greek islands during Greek Civil War in 1946. Suspected of being communists, they are maltreated by the Greek officers running the camp.OL. 9/10.
- DirectorSrdjan KaranovicStarsLjuba TadicAleksandar BercekOlga SpiridonovicA famous actor leaves the theater without reason to live at his friend's tugboat. The people from his surroundings find out more about his move and come to the riverbank, trying to live freely themselves. The question is who found what.Orig. title: Miris poljskog cveća.
TV. 9/10. - DirectorFadil HadzicStarsRade SerbedzijaFabijan SovagovicStevo ZigonStressful life of a journalist in the former Yugoslavia.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorKresimir GolikStarsPavle VuisicZdenka TrachAntun VrbenskiPajo is a hardworking, lonely but also very rich farmer. His son Toma was, however, bored with country life and tried to seek fortune in the city. Short on money, Toma returns to the farm for a handout while Pajo tries to convince him to stay.Orig. title: Razmeđa.
OL. 9/10. - DirectorFrance StiglicStarsBert SotlarDusa PockajArnold TovornikA story set in a Slovenian village during Italian occupation. Stefuc, a man who has been widowed twice and has four daughters, wants to get married for the third time with Zana, who's already engaged and pregnant with Ludvik. Stefuc tries to separate them away, but realizes that he'll have to marry Hedvika, a nice looking girl who has just returned from Milan. In the meantime, Italian fascist authorities decide to eradicate five Slovenian songs with the help of local traitors.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorBranko BauerStarsIlija DzuvalekovskiHusein CokicVladimir PopovicThis movie, one of the first who spoke of Yugoslav socio-political system with some criticism, is set in one company. On the routine workers' council meeting a few brave workers stand against a corrupt manager.TV. 9/10.
- DirectorIgor PretnarStarsRadko PolicMilena ZupancicDare UlagaScreen Adaptation of a classic socio-critical novel.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorFranci SlakStarsEmil FilipcicMarko DergancJanez HocevarStory of a small group of people who think there is going to be an attack by a group of rabid animals. They perceive this danger through a trance they invoke by hitting their heads against a stone. They decide to oppose their enemy, and a fierce clash takes place.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsBeba LoncarMiha BalohMilos ZuticA young man falls in love with the girl who he met by accident.Cinema. 9/10.
- DirectorAleksandar PetrovicStarsUgo TognazziMimsy FarmerAlain CunyA writer and his assistant are working on a biblical story about Pontius Pilate who convicted Jesus of Nazereth, while the Satan (here called Woland) and his lieutenants are harassing the writer duo in various ways.Orig. title: Majstor i Margarita.
Cinema. 9/10.