When I Am Dead and Gone

Original title: Kad budem mrtav i beo

19671967
1h 19m

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8.0/10

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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 hap... Read allThe 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.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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Director
- Zivojin Pavlovic
Writers
- Ljubisa Kozomara
- Gordan Mihic
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Awards
- 4 wins & 2 nominations

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Dragan Nikolic and Ruzica Sokic in When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)

Dragan Nikolic and Neda Spasojevic in When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)

Dragan Nikolic, Zivojin Pavlovic, and Neda Spasojevic in When I Am Dead and Gone (1967)

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Trivia
This film was the inspiration for Midnight Cowboy (1969), according to it's director John Schlesinger.

Connections
Featured in Zabranjeni bez zabrane (2007)

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10/10

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!

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