The Poem(1961)
An influential Serbian poet decides to leave Nazi-occupied Belgrade and join partisans in the country. A young resistance activist, however, is not so thrilled with the idea because the old and womanizing intellectual doesn't fit in with his strict moralistic standards.
Movie: The Poem
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Mića, mladi komunista
Andrija Veković, pesnik
Ana Đorđević
Nemački oficir
Đorđe
Petar
Hans, nemački vojnik
Nastojnica zgrade
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An influential Serbian poet decides to leave Nazi-occupied Belgrade and join partisans in the country. A young resistance activist, however, is not so thrilled with the idea because the old and womanizing intellectual doesn't fit in with his strict moralistic standards.
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1961-08-02
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