The Melody Haunts My Memory (1981)
"Samo jednom se ljubi" (original title)

Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family... See full summary »

Director:

Rajko Grlic

Writers:

Nenad Burcar, Rajko Grlic,

Stars:

Predrag Manojlovic, Vladislava Milosavljevic, Mladen Budiscak

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Predrag Manojlovic	...	Tomislav
Vladislava Milosavljevic	...	Beba (as Vladica Milosavljevic)
Mladen Budiscak	...	Vule
Zijah Sokolovic	...	Mirko
Dragoljub Lazarov	...	Pero
Neva Rosic	...	Elizabeta
Erland Josephson	...	Rudolf
Miljenko Brlecic	...	Doktor
Edo Perocevic
Drago Mestrovic
Jagoda Kaloper
Borivoj Sembera
Zvonko Lepetic
Tihomir Polanec	...	(as Misko Polanec)
Dusko Gojic	...	(as Dusan Gojic)

Storyline

Tomislav is a former Partizan who continues his struggle after the war as a dedicated member of Tito's secret police. He meets and falls in love with a ballet dancer from a bourgeois family. His love affair with the class enemy and his slow adaptation to the post-war realities could seal his doom.

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Plot Keywords:

post war | communism

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

4 February 1981 (Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

The Melody Haunts My Memory

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jadran Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

25th anniversary of a brilliant film!

It is strange that such nice film has not got any comment until now... Though I saw it only once and long ago, I would like to see it again. Unfortunately in is not on screen now...The plot of the film is unexpectedly actual for today's Russia ( and I suppose for many post-communist countries). The film is perfect tragedy which provokes thoughts and could not be forgotten.The main character tries to find himself in a rapidly changing situation of post-WWII Yugoslavia. Peaceful time needs different heroes and all his partisan experience is not necessary. One more point is his love to a ballet dancer in, which does not help him to transform, but makes only weaker. The final of the film, when the character commits suicide,is really impressive. Especially, because it is unexpected...The story about the past turns out to be about future. At the same time this is an eternal plot.