The Poem

The Poem

1961 · 99 min · ★ 8.0 · War, Drama

An influential Serbian poet decides to leave Nazi-occupied Belgrade and join partisans in the country. A young resistance activist, however, is not so thrilled with the idea because the old and womanizing intellectual doesn't fit in with his strict moralistic standards.

Directed by Rados Novakovic

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