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The man from the oak forest

Genre:
War film

Director:
Miodrag (Mica) Popovic

Short description:
Once a servant, a lonely herdsman in the mountain, in times of ruffians and murderer occupation - Maksim, in the name of dark political conceptions, is terrorizing a few villages in an isolated mountain area. Under the black-marketeer disguise, a city woman keeps constant contact between the town and the mountain village and organizes a resistance movement. Falling in love with her by chance, Maksim imagines that city woman wants gold, and assigns five times more job to a murderer in order to get the money. Maksim's accomplice - Maksim the boy, discovers the woman's role. Maksim the murderer goes to town to get his revenge. Lonely man Maksim dies in crossfire.

Producer:
Avala Film

Writer:
Miodrag (Mica) Popovic

Music:
Zoran Hristic

Cinematographer:
Milorad Markovic

Production design:
Veljko Despotovic

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija

Film editing:
Milanka Mladenovic (Nanovic)

Duration:
87 minutes

System:
Widescreen, black/white

Premiere:
29.4.1964.



Cast:

Aleksandar Stojkovic
Ksenija Conic
Mija Aleksic
Predrag Ceramilac
Tamara Markovic-Miletic
Velimir (Bata) Zivojinovic
Zoran Jerkovic

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