Movies by Aleksandar Petrović

And Love Has Vanished

And Love Has Vanished

A young man falls in love with the girl who he met by accident.

Group Portrait with a Lady

Group Portrait with a Lady

Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.

Flight Above the Marshes

Flight Above the Marshes

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.

Days

Days

A married woman is living an unexcited life, until she meets a man who is able to put a smile on her face again, at least for a couple of days.

Minutes

Minutes

Another early Aleksandar Petrovic documentary, done for Dunav film in 1964. It is made as a kind of a road movie through socialist Yugoslavia, registering numerous bizarre sites and events, with strong irony both in the selection of scenes and in the background commentaries. Originally filmed in 16mm.

Migrations II

Migrations II

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who scattered their energy and bones from Dnepr to Lotaringia during XVII and XIX century. The great Serbian migration topic is given through the military campaign of major Vuk Isakovic (Avtandil Makharadze) at the head of Slavonian-Danube regiment, from spring of 1744. to spring of the next year. The second topic follows tragic but passionate relationship between Vuk's younger brother and his wife, which ends with her long-lasting disease and death.

Migrations

Migrations

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

The Only Way Out

The Only Way Out

A group of partisans goes to destroy a German gas warehouse at Postojnska Jama. One of them grows distrustful towards the new commander, and it spreads among the rest of the squad. The situation culminates when the mentioned partisan remains cut off inside a cave.