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''Rhythm of a Crime'' () is a 1981 Yugoslav
fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...
crime film directed by Zoran Tadić, made in Serbian-Croatian co-production. It is based on "Dobri duh Zagreba", a short story by Pavao Pavličić. It was awarded for best screenplay and best actor at the 1983
Fantasporto Fantasporto International Film Festival (Portuguese: Festival Internacional de Cinema do Porto) is an international genre film festival, annually organized since 1981 in Porto, Portugal. Screening and awarding fantasy, sci-fi and horror orient ...
. In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.


Plot

Old houses in Zagreb are destroyed in order to build new, bigger blocks. A teacher who lives in one of these houses allows a stranger to share his home with him. The stranger has a fascination with statistics, and claims he can predict crimes based on statistical analyses. When a predicted murder did not occur, the stranger is adamant that the whole town will suffer unless a balance is achieved - and he leaves.


Cast

* Ivica Vidović - Ivica *
Fabijan Šovagović Fabijan Šovagović (4 January 1932 – 1 January 2001) was a Croatian film, television and theatre actor, and writer. Biography Šovagović was born in the village of Ladimirevci, in the Slavonia region of Croatia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He ...
- Fabijan * Božidarka Frajt - Zdenka


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Entry in Balkan Film Database
1981 films 1980s Croatian-language films Yugoslav crime drama films Films based on works by Croatian writers Films set in Zagreb Croatian crime drama films Croatian black-and-white films Yugoslav black-and-white films 1981 directorial debut films Croatian horror films 1981 crime drama films Films directed by Zoran Tadić {{Croatia-film-stub