Štićenik (1973)
- Directed by
- Đorđe Kadijević
- Genre
- drama film, horror film
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Runtime
- 46 min
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A young man flees from a mysterious pursuer and seeks shelter in a mental hospital. The film uses a psychological approach to build an atmosphere of unease and paranoia.
tensepsychologically unsettlingslow-burneerieanxiety-inducingatmosphericparanoiddreamlike
What happens
Ward (Serbo-Croatian: Štićenik / Штићеник, lit. 'Protegé') is a 1973 Yugoslav made-for-TV arthouse horror film directed by Serbian and Yugoslav director Đorđe Kadijević and based on the story "Mihael i njegov rođak" (Serbian for 'Michael and His Cousin') by Serbian writer Filip David. The film is the first in Kadijević's mini-series Ciklus: Fantastika (Cycle: Fantasy). The film centers around a young man trying to find refuge in a mental hospital while being chased by a mysterious pursuer. Kadijević described the film as "not a typical representative of the horror genre", but as "a film thematically related to fantasy [...] in which a more psychological approach towards the subject matter is evident". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Begunec (1973)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.