''Black Seed'' ( mk, Црно семе
translit. Crno seme) is a 1971 Macedonian
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Kiril Cenevski.
The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
44th Academy Awards
The 44th Academy Awards were presented April 10, 1972, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles. The ceremonies were presided over by Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr., and Jack Lemmon. One of the highlights of the evening was the ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences] It was also entered into the
7th Moscow International Film Festival
The 7th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 July to 3 August 1971. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Italian film ''Confessions of a Police Captain'' directed by Damiano Damiani, the Japanese film ''Live Today, Die Tomorrow!'' ...
.
The film recounts the story of Macedonian soldiers in the Greek army being transported to prison camps on Greek islands. Suspected of being communists, they are maltreated by the Greek officers running the camp.
Cast
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Darko Damevski as Andon Sovicanov
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Aco Jovanovski
Aco Jovanovski (1930–2016) was a Macedonian film and television actor.Goulding p.267 He made his screen debut in 1952 in '' Frosina'', the first ever Macedonian language film.
His daughter Silvija Stojanovska is an actress.
Selected filmograph ...
as Hristos Soglomov
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Risto Siskov as Paris
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Pavle Vuisić
Pavle "Paja" Vuisić ( sr-cyr, Павле "Паја" Вуисић; 10 July 1926 – 1 October 1988) was a Yugoslav actor, known as one of the most recognizable faces of former Yugoslav cinema.
Biography
He was born in Belgrade as Pavle Vujisić ...
as Maki
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Voja Mirić
Vojislav "Voja" Mirić ( sr-Cyrl, Воја Мирић; 7 April 1933 – 23 April 2019) was a Serbian television and film actor most noted for his role as Ahmed Nurudin in the 1974 Yugoslav movie '' Dervis i smrt'' (popularly known as ''Death an ...
as Major
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Mite Grozdanov as Marko
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Nenad Milosavljević
Nenad Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Ненад Милосављевић, born February 6, 1954), also known as Neša Galija (Неша Галија), is a Serbian musician and politician, best known as the frontman of the Serbian and former Yu ...
as Niko
See also
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References
External links
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1971 films
1971 drama films
Macedonian drama films
Serbian-language films
Films directed by Kiril Cenevski
Yugoslav drama films
Films set in Greece
1971 directorial debut films
Prisoner of war films
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