You Love Only Once (Serbo-Croatian Latin: Samo jednom se ljubi, also released as The Melody Haunts My Memory[3]) is a 1981 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival.[4] In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics said it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.[5]
| You Love Only Once | |
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| Samo jednom se ljubi | |
| Directed by | Rajko Grlić |
| Screenplay by |
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| Story by | Ruža Jurković[1] |
| Produced by | Sulejman Kapić |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tomislav Pinter[1] |
| Edited by | Živka Toplak[1] |
| Music by | Branislav Živković[1] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Croatia Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 103 minutes[2] |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Cast edit
- Miki Manojlović as Tomislav (as Predrag Manojlović)
- Vladislava Milosavljević as Beba (as Vladica Milosavljević)
- Mladen Budiščak as Vule
- Zijah Sokolović as Mirko
- Erland Josephson as Rudolf, Beba's father
- Dragoljub Lazarov as Pero
- Neva Rošić as Elizabeta, Beba's mother
- Miljenko Brlečić as Doctor
- Zvonko Lepetić as Party official
- Maja Freundlich as Maid
- Edo Peročević as Prison keeper
- Jagoda Kaloper as Jagoda[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f "Samo jednom se ljubi". Baza HR kinematografije (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 11 April 2019.
- ^ Valentić, T. (2008). "Samo jednom se ljubi". Filmski leksikon (in Croatian). Zagreb: Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ "The Melody Haunts My Memory (1981)".
- ^ "Samo jednom se ljubi". festival-cannes.com. Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- ^ ""Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 28 November 1999. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
- ^ Pavičić 2004, p. 45.
Sources edit
- Pavičić, Jurica (2004). "Žudnja vlasti i vlast nad žudnjom: Samo jednom se ljubi Rajka Grlića" [The passion for power and power over passion: Rajko Grlić's You Love Only Once] (PDF). Hrvatski Filmski Ljetopis (in Croatian). 10 (40). Zagreb: Croatian Film Association: 45–56. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
Further reading edit
- Pavičić, Jurica (16 April 2012). "Najbolji hrvatski film osamdesetih od bunkera je spasio Ivica Račan". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- Nikčević, Tamara (27 June 2011). "Rajko Grlić : Ovo je vrijeme nacionalnih bubnjara". Kliker.info (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 11 September 2017.
