Master of His Own Body

feature film, humorous drama, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Jadran film, 1957

DIRECTED BY: Fedor Hanžeković

 Master of His Own Body

CAST:
Julije Perlaki,
Marija Kohn,
Mladen Šerment,
Nela Eržisnik,
Viktor Bek,
Ivo Pajić

SCRIPT:
Slavko Kolar

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Oktavijan Miletić

MUSIC:
Fran Lhotka

EDITING:
Blaženka Jenčik

Synopsis:
This is a comedy with tragic elements based on a short story by Slavko Kolar, or rather on its theatre adaptation by Branko Gavella. It talks about a generation clash, about young victims of their parents’ faulty calculations - Roža who loves her appointed husband, Ivo, who wants to continue to be his “body’s master”… This film was very popular among audiences as well as critics.

b/w, 35mm, 99'