The Elusive Summer of '68 (1984)
"Varljivo leto '68" (original title)

For the young man who lives in Serbian province town, the maturing coincides with the turbulent political events of the year 1968.

Director:

Goran Paskaljevic

Writers:

Gordan Mihic, Goran Paskaljevic (screenplay)

Stars:

Slavko Stimac, Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic, Mira Banjac

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Slavko Stimac	...	Petar Cvetkovic
Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic	...	Petrov otac Veselin
Mira Banjac	...	Petrova majka
Mija Aleksic	...	Petrov deda
Ivana Mihic	...	Petrova sestra Vladica
Andrija Mrkaic	...	Petrov brat Tadija
Sanja Vejnovic	...	Ruzenjka Hrabalova (as Sanja Vejinovic)
Dragana Varagic	...	Jagodinka Simonovic
Neda Arneric	...	Olja Miranovski
Miodrag Radovanovic	...	Predsednik suda Micic
Branka Petric	...	Leposava
Dragan Zaric	...	Direktor gimnazije
Predrag Tasovac	...	Gospodin na plazi
Branko Cvejic	...	Kum Spasoje
Milutin Butkovic	...	Spasojev otac

Storyline

For the young man who lives in Serbian province town, the maturing coincides with the turbulent political events of the year 1968.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1968 | patient | satire | band | radio news | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Release Date:

31 January 1984 (Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

The Illusive Summer of '68

Company Credits

Production Co:

Centar Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Unforgettable movie

This movie will always stay in my memory as one of the funniest and best comedies I ever saw back in former Yugoslavia. It centers around the eldest son (Stimac) of a family led by a strict authoritarian father in Danilo Bata Stojkovic's magnificent incarnation. The young Petar struggles to graduate from high school mainly for one reason-he is so infatuated with his Marxism teacher that he cannot think of anything else but her during the classes. So when the graduation time comes, he lies to his father about passing in all the subjects while in reality flunking in Marxism.

Of course, the truth is not easy to hide and when it eventually comes out, his father is appalled and decides to punish him and lead his mind off from girls by finding a job for him in a local bakery. But that becomes complicated too when it turns out a beautiful and voluptuous girl is working there and she is an easy catch as well! Complications and comical twists just keep coming and coming here and the laughter never ceases.

All this is going on during a very turbulent time, the '68 student revolution. My favorite scene is when Stojkovic throws out the TV because of the student uprising claiming it's immoral to watch it and then when Tito approves of the reforms he brings it back saying "Comrade Tito has said that the students are right. We can watch television again!" Paskaljevic was a master of socio comedy and all the actors do a great job. The ending is specially great and this is probably Slavko Stimac's best role.