Man Is Not a Bird
A Serbian engineer falls for a younger woman, but he is inept at courtship.
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Cast
27 people
Milena Dravić
Rajka
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Janez Vrhovec
Jan Rudinski
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Eva Ras
Barbulova žena
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Stole Aranđelović
Barbulović aka Barbul
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Boris Dvornik
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Dušan Antonijević
Železničar
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Dušan Janićijević
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Rampage at Apache Wells
Predrag 'Preža' Milinković
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The Written Off
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Danilo 'Bata' Stojković
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Mirjana Blašković
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Živojin Pavlović
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Ljiljana Jovanović
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Dušan Makavejev Director · Petar Bergamo Composer Aleksandar Petković Cinematographer
First release March 6, 1965 · Produced in Serbia, Serbia · Original title Čovek nije tica
Production
Avala film
Production
Serbia · Serbia
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Languages
Original title
Čovek nije tica
Original language
Serbo-Croatian
Spoken on screen
Serbo-Croatian
Release dates
Serbia · March 6, 1965
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 19, 1967 · Theatrical
January 5, 2022 · Limited theatrical · Re-release
Russia
December 11, 1989 · Limited theatrical · Retrospective of Dusan Makaveev (Moscow)
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