Love and Sometimes a Curse

Love and Sometimes a Curse

1969 · 88 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Dalmatia in the 1930s. Mate Pivac, a policeman and father of eight, finds out that the King himself becomes godfather to every ninth children in the country, and tries to make his wife sure that they need another child hoping for financial or any other kind of support. Eventually in the town arrives a circus troop, whose main star looks identically to Our Lady of the Angel. The attractive lady arouses male fantasies, so local women ask from Mate to make her leave the town by force. The trouble is that Mate himself is not immune to her beauty.

Directed by Antun Vrdoljak · Written by Antun Vrdoljak

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Boris Dvornik Mate Pivac
Ružica Sokić Elma
Boris Buzančić Gile
Karlo Bulić Renski
Tatjana Beljakova Gracija
Mate Ergović Lukin
Zvonko Lepetić Ikan
Vladimir Medar Leo Karpati
Kruno Valentić Jozo
Inge Appelt Ane, Matina žena
Edo Peročević Luka, kraljevski oficir
Ante Vican Načelnik općine

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