It catches the essence of the no man’s land in which an accused artist found himself. In the hysteria of the political witch hunt neither society nor the law offered a way out.
Acting
Aligrudić's trembling silence speaks volumes.
Direction
Mrmak traps you in suffocating close-quarters dread.
Writing
Dialogue that chills through bureaucratic politeness.
Director
Sava Mrmak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made in Yugoslavia, not the USSR — showing how Red Scare paranoia transcended borders and ideologies.
Sava Mrmak specialized in TV movies about moral compromise; this was his most stripped-down, stage-like production.
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