Movies by Rade Marković

The First Citizen of a Small Town
The citizens of a small town find it difficult to depart from its center, which is to be demolished to build a new, a more functional one. The chairman of the municipality, the first citizen of this small town, supports the plan of female architect-designer, a pretty girl he fell for. But to make locals sure that he didn't approve the old center's demolition under her influence, the president begins to avoid the girl, who then marries another man. By carrying out the ritual wedding, the first citizen of a small town is left with his city all...

Some Far-Away Light
An ex-prosecutor comes to provincial hotel to commit suicide there. Prior to this act, he first calls persons who made him bring up such decision. Conversations over telephone reveal the causes and circumstances that led to tragedy.

The Soldier
A story of a boy, forced to grow mature before his time and to die too early because of the cruel war circumstances. This film is dedicated to all the children who have died during the National Liberation War.

Indian Summer
Two married couples cruise from town to town along the Adriatic coast. While men are occupied with booze and sea, their wives are more interested in the young "skipper", who seems to be a virgin. Frivolous flirting evolves into drama when one of the wives and the skipper start feeling something that appears to be love.

Zenica
An engineer and his wife move to Zenica where the construction of the first plants is taking place, during highly progressive industrialization of the country. Her dreams are not in accordance with the reality, which makes their marriage impossible to function.

Children, Beware!
Careless walkers, especially children, are often to blame for traffic accidents. Through an interesting story, with mister Pura and Vučko, the rules of street walkers’ behavior are shown to young viewers so they can understand the message of the film.

Sasha
A mysterious person is killing pro-Nazi officials in a small Serbian town. A group of children accidentally reveal his identity.

Radopolje
German retaliation expedition burned down the village of Radopolje and killed all the men. When first men appear in the village after the war, Kata Plecas believes they will renew the village. But these men die as well and the question if Radopolje will be the "village of black scarves" again remains.

On Foreign Soil
A story about Italian soldiers, enemies who have their own problems and hopes. Based on short stories of Mesa Selimovic, Bosnian writer.

The Tough Ones
Two brothers return to their devastated home village after the end of the Second World War with nothing to their name but their army-issue machine guns. There they find a traumatised German, abandoned in retreat. Together, the three men act out a tragicomic tale.

Hassan-Aga's Wife
Hassan-Aga’s wife waits at home for the return of her husband, long since departed for the war; but she refuses to go to him when summoned, because of a warning dream. On Hassan’s return, he throws her out of his house.

The False Tsar
A historical film based on the struggle of the Montenegrins for their independence.

Immortal Youth
A group of young illegals collect weapons in order to help partisans to liberate the occupied city of Belgrade.

The Damned Thing
Doctor who lived at the edge of a swamp was found murdered with his neck slaughtered. Investigator, together with a jury made up of local farmers, comes into the doctor's cabin and tries to discover the cause of his death. The two sources may be of any help: a diary of the doctor, and the testimony of a journalist, the doctor's friend, who was with him at the moment of death. Based on the Ambrose Bierce novel with the same name.

The Poem
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.

The Knife
A popular singer is found murdered and two police detectives are investigating his past in order to catch the killer.

How Romeo and Juliet Loved Each Other
The story of unfortunate lovers from contemporary Belgrade, a young woman married for money, and a student whom she loved before marriage. Juvenile love romance gets extinguished by social intolerance, calculated and upstarted.

Burdush
Three poor musicians become rich and famous, due to an appearance on a TV show. Unexpected success and money tears old friends apart. The bass player, Burduš, lonely and lost, decides to go and find new friends.

Migrations
Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

Back of the Medal
A tense detective movie about Eva Ružić, an accountant in a large firm, who was sentenced to 7 years in prison for embezzlement of public property.