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Early Works (1969)
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Early Works (1969)
Original name: Рани радови
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Yugoslavia
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Inspired by Karl Marx's "Das Kapital", three men and a girl named Jugoslava decide to wake up the conscience within the working class and peasants. Faced with the primitivism and a lack of morale, their revolution fails and the girl is one to be sacrificed as a witness of their unsuccessful attempt.
Style: black and white, sincere, humorous, realistic, semi serious, biting, sexual, sexy, suspense
Plot: revolution, revolutionary, black, protest, politics, feminism, youth, rebellion, society, sexual content, coming of age, political unrest, wartime life, state affairs, poverty, communist, socialism, stalinism, irony, group, young
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: slovakia, balkan, former yugoslavia, europe, czech republic, yugoslavia
Keyword: serbian

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