Aleksandar Petrović

Directing

Aleksandar Petrović

Born — Died

1929-01-14 — 1994-08-20

Place of birth

Paris, France

Known for

Directing

Credits

35 titles

Aleksandar Petrović (14 January 1929 – 20 August 1994) was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director who was one of the leading European directors in the 1960s and one of the major figures of the Yugoslav Black Wave.

Known for

Film credits

Series credits

Behind the camera

Migrations poster
6.3

Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

Migrations

1989

Migrations poster
6.3

Based on the famous novel of Milos Crnjanski, the story follows Serbian migrations from the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the XVIII century.

Migrations

1989

The Master and Margarita poster
5.4

Maestro Nikolai Masoudov, a talented writer, and his assistant Margaret, are working on a biblical story of Pontius Pilate. The Satan — Woland, and his lieutenants, are harassing Master by surveillance, by killing his friend, and sending another friend to Gulag prison in Siberia. Victimized by their harassment, Master becomes paranoid, and is locked up in a mental institution. Margaret is trying to save him regardless of the danger.

The Master and Margarita

1972

The Master and Margarita poster
5.4

Maestro Nikolai Masoudov, a talented writer, and his assistant Margaret, are working on a biblical story of Pontius Pilate. The Satan — Woland, and his lieutenants, are harassing Master by surveillance, by killing his friend, and sending another friend to Gulag prison in Siberia. Victimized by their harassment, Master becomes paranoid, and is locked up in a mental institution. Margaret is trying to save him regardless of the danger.

The Master and Margarita

1972

I Even Met Happy Gypsies poster
7.1

The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their adventures continue.

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

1967

I Even Met Happy Gypsies poster
7.1

The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their adventures continue.

I Even Met Happy Gypsies

1967

And Love Has Vanished poster
6.2

A young man falls in love with the girl who he met by accident.

And Love Has Vanished

1961

And Love Has Vanished poster
6.2

A young man falls in love with the girl who he met by accident.

And Love Has Vanished

1961

Petar Dobrovic poster
6.0

Documentary about painter Petar Dobrovic.

Petar Dobrovic

1957

It Rains in My Village poster
5.9

A bizarre and tragic love story involving a pig farmer, the village fool, a teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

It Rains in My Village

1968

It Rains in My Village poster
5.9

A bizarre and tragic love story involving a pig farmer, the village fool, a teacher and an agricultural pilot. The story unfolds in a remote village in the communist ruled Yugoslavia at the down of Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

It Rains in My Village

1968

Group Portrait with a Lady poster
5.0

Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.

Group Portrait with a Lady

1977

Group Portrait with a Lady poster
5.0

Leni Gruyetin, a resident of Nazi Germany, lives a tumultuous life as she bears witness to the fascist regime of the Nazis.

Group Portrait with a Lady

1977

The Falcon poster
5.0

Banović Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is hunting, a Turkish bandit, Alija, attacks his castle. The Turks kill his servants and kidnap his beloved Andja. When he discovers what has happened, Strahinja gathers a together a group of scoundrels and chases the bandits.

The Falcon

1983

Migrations II poster
8.0

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who scattered their energy and bones from Dnepr to Lotaringia during XVII and XIX century. The great Serbian migration topic is given through the military campaign of major Vuk Isakovic (Avtandil Makharadze) at the head of Slavonian-Danube regiment, from spring of 1744. to spring of the next year. The second topic follows tragic but passionate relationship between Vuk's younger brother and his wife, which ends with her long-lasting disease and death.

Migrations II

1989

Migrations II poster
8.0

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who scattered their energy and bones from Dnepr to Lotaringia during XVII and XIX century. The great Serbian migration topic is given through the military campaign of major Vuk Isakovic (Avtandil Makharadze) at the head of Slavonian-Danube regiment, from spring of 1744. to spring of the next year. The second topic follows tragic but passionate relationship between Vuk's younger brother and his wife, which ends with her long-lasting disease and death.

Migrations II

1989

Days poster
6.8

A married woman is living an unexcited life, until she meets a man who is able to put a smile on her face again, at least for a couple of days.

Days

1963

Days poster
6.8

A married woman is living an unexcited life, until she meets a man who is able to put a smile on her face again, at least for a couple of days.

Days

1963

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary.

War to War

1960

No artwork available
8.0

Short documentary.

War to War

1960

Keep in Step, Comrade poster
7.0

Photographs, rare film material and dynamic editing, portray the triumph of socialist ideas and the way symbolically Yugoslavia moves toward the future dreams of the generations.

Keep in Step, Comrade

1955

The Kitchen poster
9.0

The play follows the staff in a cafe's kitchen during the course of a busy morning.

The Kitchen

1976

Three poster
7.3

Episodic WWII drama that follows a Yugoslav man through the war as he goes from witness to victim to aggressor.

Three

1965

Three poster
7.3

Episodic WWII drama that follows a Yugoslav man through the war as he goes from witness to victim to aggressor.

Three

1965

Minutes poster
6.8

Another early Aleksandar Petrovic documentary, done for Dunav film in 1964. It is made as a kind of a road movie through socialist Yugoslavia, registering numerous bizarre sites and events, with strong irony both in the selection of scenes and in the background commentaries. Originally filmed in 16mm.

Minutes

1964

Minutes poster
6.8

Another early Aleksandar Petrovic documentary, done for Dunav film in 1964. It is made as a kind of a road movie through socialist Yugoslavia, registering numerous bizarre sites and events, with strong irony both in the selection of scenes and in the background commentaries. Originally filmed in 16mm.

Minutes

1964

Councils poster
7.0

The film compares scenes from the frescoes of Serbian medieval monasteries with scenes of church councils held in churches. Relying on his pictorial sensibility (he graduated in History of Art), using symbols, real landmarks, without a narrative flow but accompanied by sound and original music, Petrović's short film Sabori, which is also a documentary, becomes a timeless film.

Councils

1965

Councils poster
7.0

The film compares scenes from the frescoes of Serbian medieval monasteries with scenes of church councils held in churches. Relying on his pictorial sensibility (he graduated in History of Art), using symbols, real landmarks, without a narrative flow but accompanied by sound and original music, Petrović's short film Sabori, which is also a documentary, becomes a timeless film.

Councils

1965

Flight Above the Marshes poster
10.0

A magnificient poem of the tragic love between two wild ducks. The suicidal sacrifice of the male for his female, we do not witness a hunting scene, but a real tragedy of the birds Romeo and Juliet.

Flight Above the Marshes

1956

Flight Above the Marshes poster
10.0

A magnificient poem of the tragic love between two wild ducks. The suicidal sacrifice of the male for his female, we do not witness a hunting scene, but a real tragedy of the birds Romeo and Juliet.

Flight Above the Marshes

1956

The Only Way Out poster
6.8

A group of partisans goes to destroy a German gas warehouse at Postojnska Jama. One of them grows distrustful towards the new commander, and it spreads among the rest of the squad. The situation culminates when the mentioned partisan remains cut off inside a cave.

The Only Way Out

1958

Roads poster
8.0

Short documentary about the work of painting artist Sava Šumanović.

Roads

1958

Roads poster
8.0

Short documentary about the work of painting artist Sava Šumanović.

Roads

1958