Oficir s ružom film

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Production year: 1987

Duration: oko 110 minuta

Technique: 35mm widescreen, boja

Genre:

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Director:
Šorak, Dejan

Production house:
Jadran film
FRZ - Centar filmskih radnih zajednica SR Srbije (kasnije Centar film)

Camera:
Trbuljak Goran

Synopsis:
After WW II, Partisan officer Petar Horvat and his girlfriend Ljiljana move into an apartment in Zagreb. Its owner is a young widow, Matilda Ivančić. Matilda soon starts to seduce Petar with her sophistication and sex appeal. This love affair between Petar and the bourgeois Matilda is considered unsuitable, and Peter is warned by his chiefs…

Cast:
Žarko Laušević (Petar Horvat), Ksenija Pajić (Matilda Ivančić), Dragana Mrkić (Ljiljana Matić), Vicko Ruić (Mate Mrkić), Boris Buzančić (Franjo Gostniški), Vida Jerman (Ljerka), Zvonimir Torjanac (Stipe), Lena Politeo (clerk), Andrea Baković (peasant)

Country of production:
Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (Socialist Republic of Croatia/Socialist Republic of Serbia)Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia (Socialist Republic of Croatia/Socialist Republic of Serbia)

Screenplay:
Dejan Šorak

Music by:
arhivska

Edited by:
Vesna Lažeta

Set designer:
Stanislav Dobrina

Costume designer:
Jasna Novak

Commentary:
Dejan Šorak made films of different genres, but his most successful film up to now has been Oficir s ružom. It is a political melodrama that rests on the archetypal motif of Romeo and Juliet. This film’s main values are its fine visual expression and exquisite performances. However, the ending is a little bit weak, as Šorak used a dramaturgical “shortcut” instead of consistent narration and characterization.

Awards: Pula 87' - Golden arena for screenplay; Golden arena for the best actor Magazine Polet’s award for the most poetic emotional relationship to Ksenija Pajić and Žarko Laušević
Herceg Novi 87' - Bronze mimosa for the director
Vrnjačka banja 87' - Special diploma for the screenplay
Niš 87' - Car Konstantin, 1. award for the male actor Žarko Laušević (ex aequo the film Dogodilo se na današnji dan; diploma to Ksenija Pajić; Award for the best debutant to Dragana Mrkić
Valencia 87' - Award for the best actress to Ksenija Pajić

Screening permit: from June 29, 1987 (Centar film - June 5, 1987.)