Flight Above the Marshes

Flight Above the Marshes

1956 · 15 min · ★ 10.0 · Documentary

A magnificient poem of the tragic love between two wild ducks. The suicidal sacrifice of the male for his female, we do not witness a hunting scene, but a real tragedy of the birds Romeo and Juliet.

Directed by Aleksandar Petrović · Written by Aleksandar Petrović

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