A story involving a group of traveling actors who perform at an experimental prison where the thieves have first class comforts provided to them by a reformist warden. Ironically the troupe performs a play named The State Thief, a play about thieves for thieves.
Direction
Hadžić's wry eye for institutional absurdity shines.
Writing
Meta-layered script blurs performer and prisoner.
Director
Fadil Hadžić
Goran Grgić
Dramski prvak
Emir Hadžihafizbegović
Producent
Franjo Dijak
Glumac
Mladen Vulić
Pacino
Boro Stjepanović
Upravitelj zatvora
Ksenija Marinković
Psihologica
Marinko Prga
Guja
Janko Rakoš
Džoni Bomba
Božidar Smiljanić
Državni lopov
Katarina Bistrović-Darvaš
Novinarka
Vedran Mlikota
Policajac
Predrag 'Pređo' Vušović
Plaćenik
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hadžić, a Croatian filmmaking legend, frequently skewered Yugoslav bureaucracy; this 2005 satire arrived post-war, targeting privatization-era corruption.
The fictional prison's 'first class' concept directly mirrors real debates about Norwegian-style humane incarceration that were emerging in Balkan policy discussions at the time.
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