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Man Is Not a Bird is a film of genre Drama directed by Dušan Makavejev with Milena Dravić

Man Is Not a Bird (1965)

Čovek nije tica

Man Is Not a Bird
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Length 1h21
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Romance
Rating71% 3.588333.588333.588333.588333.58833

Čovek nije tica (English title: Man Is Not a Bird) is a European art film made in 1965. It was the first film from director Dušan Makavejev.

In a 1974 review, Vincent Canby described it "by far the most original, intelligent, witty and important film I've seen so far this year," and "the most sophisticated and complex film from a Communist country that I've ever seen."

Synopsis

Highly skilled engineer Jan Rudinski (Janez Vrhovec) comes to a mining town to install new heavy equipment. While in a barber shop, he asks his pretty blond hairdresser Rajka (Milena Dravic) if she knows where he can get a room for a few weeks. She does, in her parents' home, where she also lives. She soon starts flirting with her much older lodger, while also fending off the advances of a handsome young truck driver (Boris Dvornik).

Actors

Milena Dravić

(Rajka)Janez Vrhovec

(Jan Rudinski)Eva Ras

(Barbulova žena)Stole Aranđelović

(Barbulović aka Barbul)Dušan Janićijević
And :
Ljiljana Jovanović
Predrag Milinković
Danilo Stojković
Živojin Pavlović
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