The Cabinet Minister's Wife

The Cabinet Minister's Wife

1958 · 96 min · ★ 9.2 · Comedy

After becoming a minister's wife, Živka changes her former way of life and becomes a lady. However, her fashionable way of life is of short duration, since her husband is forced to resign after being involved in a scandal. Based on highly popular Serbian comedy novel by Branislav Nušić.

Directed by Žorž Skrigin · Written by Stanislav Bajić

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