The Bizarre Country

The Bizarre Country (Serbian: Neka čudna zemlja, Нека чудна земља) is a 1988 former Yugoslav drama/fantasy film based on the satirical novellas Stradija and Danga, written by Serbian writer Radoje Domanović.

The Bizarre Country
The DVD release cover
Written byDragan Marinković (screenplay)
Radoje Domanović (story)
Directed byDragan Marinković
StarringLazar Ristovski
Jasmina Avramović
Enver Petrovci
Žika Milenković
Branko Pleša
Dragan Maksimović
Milenko Zablaćanski
Theme music composerKsenija Zečević
Country of originYugoslavia
Original languageSerbo-Croatian
Production
Running time91 min
Release
Original networkRadio Television Belgrade
Original release1988 (1988)

Plot

A man dies in a foreign land. On his deathbed he asks his son to bury his bones in his fatherland, a country of brave and honest people, a country of tragic but heroic past. His son wanders the world unsuccessfully looking for his father's home. He eventually finds the country in which people speak in his father's language, but everything else is absurd and unbelievable and does not fit his father's stories.

Cast
  • Lazar Ristovski as The Traveler
  • Jasmina Avramović as The Blackhaired Girl
  • Dragan Maksimović as The Painter
  • Enver Petrovci as The New Chief of Police
  • Milija Vuković as The Old Chief of Police
  • Milutin Butković as The Higher Clerk of the Ministry
  • Milenko Zablaćanski as The Guitarist
  • Branislav Platiša as The Violinist
  • Živojin Milenković as The Minister of Agriculture
  • Branko Pleša as The Minister of the Foreign Affairs
  • Dragoljub Milosavljević as The Minister of Finance
  • Spiro Guberina as The Minister of The Inner Affairs
  • Gordana Gadžić as The Painter's Sister
  • Mihajlo Viktorović as The Minister of Economy
  • Karlo Molnar as The Courier of the Ministry

See also


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