Yugoslavian teachers dropping dead and nobody's grading the killer.
Zlatko Kovač, a provincial professor, gets the job in the big city's school, only to find out that his red-employment is not random. Professor Toth, the man he replaced, has died under the strange circumstances. Kovac meets a variety of strange people in his school's collective, and it was not long before they came up with the new body. However, the police is unable to solve the case, but he takes the matter into his own hands and setting a trap for a murderer on a school manifestation.
Acting
Zlatko Vitez carries every scene with weary, principled determination.
Production
Authentic 80s Yugoslav school settings that feel lived-in and oppressive.
Director
Branko Ivanda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Branko Ivanda directed this during Yugoslavia's peak film output, when state-funded cinema could explore darker social themes under genre disguise.
The 'school manifestation' climax deliberately mirrors socialist realism's public spectacle, subverting it into a trap for collective guilt.
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