Bozidarka Frajt Movies
- 1990
This pastoral drama celebrates the dedication and courage of a man wholly given over to painting and art. In the story, a forestry worker (Stole Arandelovic) is transferred to a small village in Bosnia, and is seen to be constantly busy with some form of artwork. He even asks for women to model nude for him. This odd activity at first leads the suspicious villagers to attempt to torment him by desecrating his canvases, but he endures this period, marries a local woman, and dies prematurely. In an uncanny fashion, the director Ivica Matic's life mirrors this, his only film, in that he died unexpectedly in his late twenties, only a few days after the last scene was shot in 1976. It was compiled and edited for release by a group of his friends in the late 1980s. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bozidarka Frajt
- 1981
This historical drama is about the turbulence in Yugoslavia between 1946 and 1956 when Tito instituted his own version of socialism, thereby alienating both East and West. The political climate and divisions at that time are reflected in actual documentary footage within the narrative itself. The story is about the installation of a high-voltage generator and what happens when people unite to work for their own common cause (either a generator or national autonomy) - if only people could agree on what the common cause is. A young dissident is arrested, imprisoned, escapes, and is shot by a border guard. A woman who supports Tito speaks up for him at the factory where the generator will be installed, and later manages to smuggle the plans for the generator into Yugoslavia. Another white-collar worker opts for residing in Austria where all these troubles do not exist. In these images of a nation at odds with itself and the world, a vague foreboding is bound to affect viewers who know that civil war in the 1990s would destroy whatever fragile unity was promoted by this film. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bozidarka Frajt, Vanja Drach, (more)
- 1981
A single teacher, living alone in his family's house, allows a stranger to share the home with him before it is to be torn down by developers. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes based on statistical analyses. Intrigued by this talent, the teacher tells a married, female friend (and former lover) that the man seems to have done what he claims. Then the numbers show that there is a slip-up and a murder that was supposed to have occurred, did not. The stranger is adamant that a balance has to be achieved or the whole town will suffer - and he leaves. The teacher and his lady friend set out to search for the statistician, just in time to see an incident on the river that may right the balance after all - an incident that involves the stranger himself. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Ivica Vidovic, Bozidarka Frajt, (more)
- 1978
Ljubica (Bozidarka Frait) is an attractive early-middle-aged woman. Her husband works outside the country, and their son is staying with her husband's parents. Only her job, working with deaf children, offers her much solace. When she briefly has a love affair with a younger man, it boosts her spirits. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bozidarka Frajt, Relja Basic, (more)
- 1976
In this melancholy romantic comedy, two unhappily married people meet when they are mistakenly assigned to the same sleeping compartment on the train. They briefly come to know one another, and their thwarted dreams are shared before they must part, never even exchanging names. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Bozidarka Frajt
- 1975
This highly allegorical tale focuses mainly on the trials and tribulations of Mati (Boris Cavazza) a factory worker who picks up some extra money for his family by entering boxing tournaments. Near the end, he has been thoroughly trounced in the ring and is beaten by his co-workers and boss at the factory as well. His womenfolk heal him with care and prayers. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Boris Cavazza, Alicja Jachiewicz, (more)
- 1975
The partisans (anti-Nazis) of Yugoslavia were involved in the battle against Germany quite early, and inflicted some of the earliest military reversals on Hitler's war machine. This epic war drama explores the activities and adventures of the partisans in the early days of the conflict. It also details the intrigues for and against Marshall Tito, as well as his pre-eminent role in the fighting. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Boris Buzancic, Bozidarka Frajt, (more)
- 1971
The battle of the partisans in Yugoslavia against the Germans and Chetniks has been a subject of enduring fascination for Yugoslavian filmmakers. This epic state-funded film explores the 67 days during which the partisans controlled an area called Uziche and declared it to be a republic. Many stories are woven into this tale, including several love stories. Also featured is Marshall Tito both as portrayed by an actor and in newsreel footage. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- 1969
Frustrating both to those who view this X-rated movie seeking a simple sex-flick, and those looking for an art-piece, this movie is a bit of a spoof on both. The story concerns the Yugoslavian holiday of two toothsome Swedish girls. One of the girls, played by Maria Liljedahl, is (metaphorically speaking) a world-champion in the promiscuity sweepstakes, bedding men (and women) in great profusion. Somehow, the movie also manages to be about film reviewers and film directors. Variety) commented "...the film's inherently good visual and physical qualities are themselves dissipated in [the director's] cynicism, ennui, and involuted intellectual mirror tricks." ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Gio Petre, Marie Liljedahl, (more)
- 1963
A worker is brought before communist officials and accused of writing an anonymous letter in this political drama. Although he is innocent of the charges, none of his fellow workers come to his defense. When he is fired by the manager, the workers rally and vote the manager who fired their friend out of office in a show of solidarity of their labor rights. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
