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Aleksandar Petković

Born April 2, 1929 · Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Died October 28, 2000 · aged 71

No biography available.

Known For

Before the TruthBefore the Truth · 1968
Before the Truth
★ 6.41968
MovieDrama
Two 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 shoot, but missed on purpose.
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard OperatorLove Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator · 1967
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
★ 6.71967
MovieDramaRomance
After many adventures, a young female switchboard operator starts a love relationship with a serious young man. But while he's away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's passes.
The State of the DeadThe State of the Dead · 2002
The State of the Dead
★ 5.92002
MovieCrimeDrama
When the war in Yugoslavia breaks out, an army officer who's ethnic Slovenian yet still believes in Yugoslavia, decides to move to Belgrade. The country continues to fall apart and so does his family failing to find acceptance there.
The Scene of the CrashThe Scene of the Crash · 1971
The Scene of the Crash
★ 6.21971
MovieDramaRomance
A young married woman Jelena finds about her husband's car accident from an unknown stranger named Vlatko, but also that he wants to be visited by his mistress rather than her. The encounter with her father, an ex-politician, will be another shock, but that's when she accepts Vlatko's courtship without being able to see his self-interested nature.
ParadeParade · 1962
Parade
★ 7.01962
MovieDocumentary
Filmed in Belgrade in 1962, Parade documents the city’s engagement with the annual May Day celebration by largely ignoring the formal procession. Instead, Dušan Makavejev records the informal moments surrounding it: workers, officials, wanderers, and organizers negotiating space, hierarchy, and appearance. Shot with a detached, humorous eye, the film assembles a mosaic of everyday behavior that reveals the contrast between official ceremony and lived social reality.
DaysDays · 1963
Days
★ 7.21963
MovieDrama
A 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 a couple of days.
WR: Mysteries of the OrganismWR: Mysteries of the Organism · 1971
WR: Mysteries of the Organism
★ 6.21971
MovieDramaFantasy
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation.
Wild WindWild Wind · 1985
Wild Wind
★ 4.51985
MovieWarDrama
August 1943, Europe. The tentacles of the German octopus have begun to recoil. As the Nazis retreat, their concern focuses on the supply of oil from the refineries of Romania. Without the flow of "black gold", Germany's doom is sealed. Armadas of American bombers from bases in North Africa have begun to assault Pioesti - and there is another threat from the Partisans across the border of Yugoslavia. Against the tableau of spectacular events, the dramatic story of WILD WIND unfolds.

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