Balkan Spy (1984)

Original title

Балкански шпијун

Directed by

Dušan Kovačević

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

7.7 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A paranoid former Stalinist retiree becomes convinced his sub-tenant is a foreign spy. He spies on the man and plots to expose him, driven by his own tortured past.

paranoidabsurddarkly comictenseclaustrophobictragicomicslow-burn

What happens

Balkan Spy (Serbo-Croatian: Balkanski špijun, Serbian Cyrillic: Балкански шпијун) is a 1984 Yugoslav comedy drama film directed by Dušan Kovačević and Božidar Nikolić. It is based on a play of the same title. The film is primarily set in Belgrade. It centers on Ilija Čvorović, a paranoid retiree and former Stalinist, who served two years in prison because of his political beliefs. Because of his paranoia, he pursues his sub-tenant, a returnee from France, whom he sees as an agent of dark imperialist forces, an enemy of the state, and a spy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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