The Man to Destroy (Serbo-Croatian: Čovjek koga treba ubiti) is a 1979 Yugoslav historical-fantasy film directed by Veljko Bulajić, made in Croatian-Montenegrin coproduction. The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]
| The Man to Destroy | |
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| Directed by | Veljko Bulajić |
| Written by | Veljko Bulajić |
| Starring | Zvonimir Črnko |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-Croatian |
The film won grand prix at the Sitges Film Festival in 1980, while Bulajić was awarded for best direction at the Paris International Festival of Fantastic and Science-Fiction Film. It also won ESFS Award, and was awarded by European Science Fiction Society at Eurocon 1980, as best film of the year (tie-in with Luigi Cozzi's Starcrash).
Cast
- Zvonimir Črnko as Farfa odnosno Scepan Mali / car Petar III
- Vladimir Popović as Kapetan Tanovic
- Charles Millot as Agent prvog reda
- Ranko Kovačević as Djakon
- Tanja Bošković as Elfa
- Dušica Žegarac as Justina
- Tanasije Uzunović as Vrhovni sotona
- Mate Ergović as Stanko Palikarda, Elfin otac
- Zuzana Kocúriková as Zefira, bludnica
- Danilo Radulović
- Antun Nalis
- Ivica Pajer as Ruski Knez
- Ivo Vukcevic
- Veljko Mandic as Crnogorac
