The Screenplay
Set in a small provincial high school at the beginning of the 60′, this romantic and witty comedy features an array of characters – the entire graduate class IV/2 and their teachers. The adventures and escapades these characters live through – recognizable, yet personal and authentic – easily reach the hearts of the audience. The leading character – intelligent and spirited graduate student Mihailo (played by Dragan Micanovic) – excels at school curriculum surpassing his class-mates and even teachers, but has to fight his own brother – earthly minded guy who has already learned how to make money and needs no further education – over the love and attention of alluring and romantic class-mate Danica (played by Natasa Solak).
Then we meet the head of the class – PE teacher who is all nuts, obsessed by the idea of a perfect body fitness. He thinks of his students as clumsy and drowsy and consequently, makes them exercise whenever he gets a chance. Once, applying his own theory that the best remedy for morning sleepiness is a sudden leap from one’s bed, he collides with a wall, suffers concussion and emerges from the incident a wackier person. He has yet another obsession: he believes his protégé and favorite student will win boxing championship. They work out fanatically until, one day, the boastful boxing champion wannabe comes backs from a big city boxing match all bruised and down in the dumps. The general rule among students is: “The more tricks you employ, the less you’ve got to study”, or “the teachers’ favorite student is bete-noire for class-mates”.
Now, we reach the point when the students are bound to say one sentimental ‘farewell’ to school and one another. That’s how the story ends.
The Crew
Producers: KOMUNA i RTS
Screenplay: Milovan Vitezović, Zdravko Šotra based on the novel by Milovan Vitezović
Director: Zdravko Šotra
Executive producer:Zoran Janković
Producers: Aleksandar Avramović, Maksa Ćatović
Art director: Slobodan Terzić
Director of photography: Veselko Krčmar
Set designer: Miodrag Nikolić
Costume designer: Gordana Andjelković
Music: Vojkan Borisavljević
Editor: Petar Putniković
The Cast
Students:
Mihailo Knežević Filozof – Dragan Mićanović
Danica Janković – Nataša Šolak
Milić Gavranić Tupa – Nikola Djuričko
Bogoljub Marić – Nebojša Ilić
Mladen Ložanić Maler – Milorad Damjanović
Milena Koheza – Isidora Minić
Budimir Vujić Dim – Petar Ćirica
Jovan Slobenovic Piki – Nebojsa Milovanovic
Simeon – Marko Jeremić
Miki Knežević – Rastko Janković
Slavka – Sandra Balaban
Professors:
Dragićević Djuro – Bogdan Diklić
Stević Gradimir – Dragan Jovanović
Božović – Velimir Bata Živojinović
Lazičić Nenad Kutuz – Branimir Brstina
Jelinić Dana – Vesna Trivalić
Milićevićka – Maja Sabljić
Maletić – Drago Čuma
Dokić Olivera – Albena Stavreva
Lazarević Slobodan – Aleksandar Berček
Direktor gimnazije – Nikola Simić
Other:
Mihailov brat – Igor Pervić
Mihailova devojka – Ksenija Zelenović
Čedomir Panić – Marko Čvorović
Mika Traper – Nenad Jezdić
Kelner Belmondo – Mihajlo Bata Paskaljević
Roksanda – Katarina Mitrović