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.
Master of His Own Body
feature film, humorous drama, Croatia, Yugoslavia, Jadran film, 1957
DIRECTED BY: Fedor Hanžeković

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:
b/w, 35mm, 99'