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Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator

Original title: Ljubavni slucaj ili tragedija sluzbenice P.T.T.
1967 · 1 h 10 min
Directed by Dušan Makavejev
ComedyDramaRomance

Cast

Eva Ras Slobodan Aligrudić Ruzica Sokić

Credits

Written by: Dušan Makavejev Branko Vucicevic

Plot

A young telephone operator in Belgrade has an affair with a rat exterminator, while a sexologist and a criminologist lecture about love and murder.

Sinekatalog’s take

Dušan Makavejev's playful, essayistic film mixes a Belgrade telephone operator's affair with lectures on sex and murder. Provocative, funny and formally daring, it is a landmark of Yugoslav Black Wave cinema.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.3 / 10 (2,182 votes)
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