Man Is Not a Bird (1965)

Director
Dusan Makavejev

Main cast
Milena Dravić; Janez Vrhovec; Eva Ras; Stole Arandjelovic; Boris Dvornik

Genres
Drama

Description
A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.


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