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The bitter herbs

Genre:
War aftermath

Director:
Zivorad (Zika) Mitrovic

Short description:
Two decades after the war, a former camp inmate refuses to testify against a war criminal, her torturer from the concentration camp. Unable to find peace and forgetfulness in the post-war world, weighed down with anonymous neo-Nazi threatening letters, in spite of support which an ex-friend gives her, in the moment of disorder, she escapes to death.

Producer:
Avala Film, CC Film Brauner

Writer:
Frida Filipovic

Music:
Vladimir Kraus-Rajteric

Cinematographer:
Milorad Markovic

Production design:
Miomir Denic

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija

Film editing:
Katarina Stojanovic

Duration:
87 minutes

System:
Standard, black/white

Premiere:
1.3.1966.



Cast:

Alice Treff
Daniel Gelin
Heinz Drache
Irene Papas
Werner Peters

Film database is created as a joint effort of following companies and organizations: "Balkan Media GmbH" Mannheim, Germany, " Balkanmedia d.o.o." Beograd, Yugoslavia
We are grateful to: "Avala Film Beograd", "Delta Video Beograd", "Centar film Beograd", Jugoslovenska Kinoteka, Institut za film Beograd