Three
Three (Serbo-Croatian: Tri, Serbian Cyrillic: Три) is a 1965 Yugoslav film directed by Aleksandar Petrović. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards. The script, written by Petrović, is based on the motifs of the short story collection Fern and Fire by Antonije Isaković. The film belongs to the Yugoslav Black Wave movement.
Plot
In April 1941, the Third Reich invaded the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The protagonist, Miloš, witnesses violent death on three separate occasions - at the beginning, during, and at the end of the Second World War. The first story takes place at a train station where, after the outbreak of the April War, mobilized members of the royal army gather and declare a photographer without identity papers and with a speech impediment a German spy and execute him. The second story shows Miloš, who joined the partisans, pursued by German soldiers. He meets a fellow partisan who, after they flee together through a swamp, sacrifices himself for him, allowing Miloš to escape. The third story takes place shortly after liberation. Miloš, now an OZNA officer, must decide whether a group of German collaborators, including a girl he is attracted to, will be shot.
More details
author | Aleksandar Petrović |
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contentLocation | Serbia |
director | Aleksandar Petrović |
editor | Mirjana Mitić |
genre | comedy |
keywords | april war begin end german soldier german spy invasion of yugoslavia kingdom of yugoslavia nazi germany ozna partisan second world war speech impediment the king third reich train station violent death world war world war ii yugoslav partisans |
musicBy | Laurence Rosenthal |
nomination | Academy Award for Best International Feature Film International Submission to the Academy Awards |
theme | war |