Yugoslavia
1965
78 minutes
Black and White
1.66:1
Serbo-Croatian
Man Is Not a Bird is an antic, free-form portrait of the love lives of two less-than-heroic men who labor in a copper factory. For this first feature, following years of making documentaries and experimental shorts, Dusan Makavejev and his crew set up shop in Bor, a mining town in the mountains near Yugoslavia’s border with Bulgaria, interviewing the workers in the region and even shooting footage inside the local ore factories. Yet the result is hardly a staid tribute to the working class. Also featuring seductive Milena Dravic, who would go on to star in Makavejev’s groundbreaking WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Man Is Not a Bird is one of cinema’s most assured and daring debuts.
| Rajka | Milena Dravić |
| Jan Rudiniski | Janez Vrhovec |
| Barbulović’s wife | Eva Ras |
| Barbulović | Stole Arandelovic |
| Bosko | Boris Dvornik |
| Roko the Hypnotist | Roko Cirkovic |
| Director | Dušan Makavejev |
| Producer | Dušan Perkovic |
| Screenplay | Dušan Makavejev |
| Assistant director | Kokan Rakonjac |
| Cinematography | Aleksander Petkovic and Branko Perak |
| Editing | Ljubica Nesic |
| Art direction | Dragoljub Ivkov |
| Music | Petar Bergamo |
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