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The smell of soil

Genre:
War aftermath

Director:
Dragovan Jovanovic

Short description:
Luka returns fom war to his burnt doorstep. He's trying to wake life again, which passes in daily difficulties. But, his son runs away from the house and dies by lightning, his only cow dies, and soon his wife also dies of sorrow for their son. He loses his will and strenght, gives in to alcohol and physically decays. Suddenly, a compensation for suffering comes. He meets a girl, young and full of life, experiences amorous passion and gets a son again. And when everything becomes full of life, and work becomes sensible, new war arrives.

Producer:
CFS Kosutnjak, Beograd, Avala Film, Zespoly Filmowe-Profil, Lodj

Writer:
Dragovan Jovanovic

Music:
Czeslaw Niemen

Cinematographer:
Waclaw Dybovski

Production design:
Jan Grandys

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija

Film editing:
Vuksan Lukovac

Duration:
83 minutes

System:
Standard, color

Premiere:
9.5.1978.



Cast:

Ana Krasojevic
Ferdinand Wojcik
Grazyna Szapolowska
Kazimierz Borowiec
Neda Spasojevic

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