When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)
"Kad budem mrtav i beo" (original title)

The story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.

Director:

Zivojin Pavlovic

Writers:

Ljubisa Kozomara, Gordan Mihic

Stars:

Dragan Nikolic, Ruzica Sokic, Neda Spasojevic

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dragan Nikolic	...	Dzimi Barka
Ruzica Sokic	...	Duska ... pevacica
Neda Spasojevic	...	Lilica
Dara Calenic	...	Mica
Severin Bijelic	...	Oficir
Nikola Milic	...	Mosa, covek sa gitarom
Zorica Sumadinac	...	Bojana
Slobodan Aligrudic	...	Upravnik Milutin
Milivoje Tomic	...	Poslovodja
Snezana Lukic	...	Zubotehnicarka
Ljiljana Jovanovic	...	Dzimijeva keva
Petar Lupa	...	Sofer
Janez Vrhovec	...	Potpukovnik JNA
Aleksandar Gavric	...	Vule
Miodrag Andric	...	Ibro, Dzimijev cimer I

Storyline

The story about Jimmy the Dingy, a young vagabond who works as a seasonal worker. Having been sacked from the job, his dreams are to become a singer. As most of the things in the Balkans happen, he is destined to failure.

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

27 December 1967 (Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

When I Am Dead and Gone

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmska Radna Zajednica (FRZ)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

79 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 1996, members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) voted this film the fifth best Serbian movie in 1947-1995 period.

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Connections

Featured in Brows Held High: A Serbian Film (2011)

User Reviews

The story about Dzimi Barka

Zika Pavlovic was,probably, first ex-Yugoslavian director who didn't make a stupid movies about Tito's partisans and their fight against Nazis.His movies was about a modern life in ex-Yugoslavia and problems of "our fellow Yugoslavians". "Kad budem mrtav i beo" ("When I die",on English) is a story about Dzimi ( it reads: "Jimmy")Barka,young, handsome,charismatic,but pretty unsuccessful singer from a small town in central Serbia.Dzimi wants to go in Belgrade and become a famous star of pop music,but...this story has a tragic end,like every Balcan story,anyway. Role of Dzimi Barka was a first big job for Dragan Nikolic,one of the best ex-Yugoslavian actors.This role became some kind of his trade mark. Pavlovic was a genious artist and just a few ex-Yugoslavian directors can make such a good story about people from yugoslavian province. This movie is a masterpiece of ex-Yugoslavian film making!