Dušan Makavejev Movies

An examination of the surprisingly morbid world of 17th and 18th century Slovenian beekeeper drawings to guide the bees back to the right hive.

A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The stranger is none other than the devil.

A young woman tries to make love to a park statue, but despite her passionate efforts, the monument remains cold and heartless. Don’t Believe...

To Makavejev, each tombstone is a vicar for its resident spirit; it haunts, roams, and makes conversation.

A self-portrait documentary of Dusan Makavejev who travels to former Yugoslavia, and charts the changes of the society which parallels to his own...

Short movie directed by Marko Babac and written by Dušan Makavejev.

Parade, one of Makavejev’s best-known films, is view into the preparations International Worker’s Day where the director all but ignores...

Short by Makavejev.

First five minutes of the film show a weird fellow who is playing marbles with kids and seems to be just biding his time. Film after the titles...

Sarcastic look at a 1962 Yugoslav beauty contest.

Inspired by the 1928 experimental film by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich, The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, this amateur short is...

Makavejev archives the symbolism of a folk tradition by piecing a cinematic quilt from Kilim weavings of different hands.

This short doc is about changes occurring in Yugoslav rural life as it begins to reap the benefits of motorization, e.g. delivering fruits and...

Short by Makavejev.

Short by Makavejev.

Short by Makavejev.

Socialist work ethic meets youthful exuberance and lightheartedness where backbreaking labor does not ruin anyone's summer vacation.

Short by Makavejev.