Opatica i komesar

A Nun and a Commissar

  • Fiction Film
  • 88'
drama, war
  • 1968
  • Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

A Partisan hospital in a convent by the sea in the first days after the war. Sister Maria is one of the nurses and she develops a close relationship with the wounded Commissar Nenad. He brings restlessness and optimism into her monotonous life. Suddenly she starts sensing a new kind of world, but she can’t accept its rules for she is confined with her vow and obligations to the Holy Church.

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Direction

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Cinematography

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Music

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Editing

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Production design

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production
Premiere
1968
Premiere
16.07.1968, Yugoslavia
Alternative title
A Nun and a Commissar (English)
Opatinja in komisar (Slovenian)
Genres
drama, war
Production countries
Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Technical data
Duration and length
88' / 2400 meters
Colour
Black and white
Sound
mono
Negative format
film 35mm
Screening formats
film 35mm

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