The Morning (film)

The Morning
Jutro
Directed byPuriša Đorđević
Written byPuriša Đorđević
Produced byMladen Todić
Petar Gojšina
StarringLjubiša Samardžić
Neda Arnerić
Milena Dravić
Mija Aleksić
Ljuba Tadić
Edited byMirjana Mitić
Music byMiodrag Ilić
Production
company
Dunav film
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
84 minutes
CountrySFR Yugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

The Morning (Serbo-Croatian: Jutro, Serbian Cyrillic: Јутро) is a 1967 Yugoslav film written and directed by Serbian director Puriša Đorđević. It is the third entry in Đorđević's wartime tetralogy, the other three being The Girl (1965), The Dream (1966) and Noon (1968).[1] The film belongs to the Yugoslav Black Wave movement.[2]

The film entered the competition at the 28th Venice International Film Festival and Ljubiša Samardžić won the Volpi Cup for Best Actor for his role. It was also the Yugoslav entry at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1967.

Plot

The Second World War is over, but it's consequences continue to plague people. In the initial days of peace, amidst conflicts like dealing with the former enemy's collaborators and executing traitors, a former soldier finds himself unable to stop killing. The war within him rages on, creating immense problems in his relationships with himself and others.[3]

Cast

Awards and honours

Legacy

The Yugoslav Film Archive, in accordance with its authorities based on the Law on Cultural Heritage, declared one hundred Serbian feature films (1911–1999) as cultural heritage of great importance on December 28, 2016. The Morning is also on that list.[4]

References

  1. ^ Batinić, Jelena (2015). Women and Yugoslav partisans: a history of World War II resistance. New York: Cambridge university press. ISBN 978-1-107-09107-8.
  2. ^ Jovanović, Ivan (2018-10-18). "Top lista: najbolje uloge Milene Dravić". Before After (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ "Jutro". www.filmovi.com (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ "Сто српских играних филмова (1911-1999) проглашених за културно добро од великог значаја". www.kinoteka.org.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2023-11-07.