Four lovers, one hotel room, and enough lies to collapse an empire.
To pay off his gambling debts, Lembach, an ex-officer of Austro-Hungarian army, extorts money from his wife Laura and her lover Krizovec. Krizovec himself has a love affair with Russian countess Georgievna, who herself is also into romantic relationship with another Russian countess. This tetragonal love affair comes to its boiling point.
Acting
Begović and Ivanković weaponize glances like daggers.
Production
Cramped opulence — the dying empire in one stuffy suite.
Director
Jakov Sedlar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Adapted from Miroslav Krleža's 1922 play, the film channels post-Yugoslav identity crisis through Habsburg collapse — history rhyming with itself.
Ena Begović died in a car accident months after filming; this became her final leading role, lending Laura's final scene accidental haunting weight.
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