Balkan Spy

– Balkanski špijun is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy/drama. Ilija Čvorović, a former Stalinist who spent se..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
8.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 35 Minutes
Release Year:
1984
Original Name:
Balkanski špijun
Balkan Spy (1984) - Also known as Balkanski špijun

Balkanski špijun is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy/drama. Ilija Čvorović, a former Stalinist who spent several years in a prison on Goli otok, is contacted by the police to routinely answer questions about his tenant, Petar Markov Jakovljević, a businessman, who spent twenty years living in Paris, and now has returned to Belgrade to open a tailor shop. After only several minutes, Ilija is free to go, however, he is starting to suspect that his tenant might be a spy. As the movie goes on, his paranoia increases and more people gets involved: his wife, his daughter, his brother, Jakovljevic's friends.

Release Date:

08 Oct 1987

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Director:

Dusan Kovacevic, Bozidar 'Bota' Nikolic

Writer:

Dusan Kovacevic (play), Dusan Kovacevic (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Bora Todorovic, Mira Banjac, Sonja Savic

Plot:

Ilija Cvorovic, a reformed former Stalinist who spent several years in a prison as a political prisoner, is called in for a routine conversation. He returns home convinced that the police is interested in his subtenant, a businessman returning from Paris to open a tailor shop. Convinced that his subtenant represents the greatest threat to national security Ilija begins his own surveillance operation against him.

Awards:

3 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
8.9/10