''You Love Only Once'' ( sh-Latn, Samo jednom se ljubi, also released as ''The Melody Haunts My Memory''
) is a 1981 Yugoslavian
drama film
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directed by
Rajko Grlić
Rajko Grlić (born 2 September 1947) is a Croatian film director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of film theory at Ohio University and artistic director of the Motovun Film Festival in Motovun, Croatia.
Biography
Rajko Grlić w ...
. It competed in the
Un Certain Regard
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The section presents 20 films w ...
section at the
1981 Cannes Film Festival
The 34th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1981. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Człowiek z żelaza'' by Andrzej Wajda. The festival opened with '' Three Brothers'' (''Tre fratelli'') by Francesco Rosi and closed with '' Honeysuckle R ...
.
In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics said it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.
Cast
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Miki Manojlović
Predrag "Miki" Manojlović ( sr-cyr, Предраг "Мики" Манојловић; born 5 April 1950) is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of former Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he su ...
as Tomislav (as Predrag Manojlović)
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Vladislava Milosavljević as Beba (as Vladica Milosavljević)
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Mladen Budiščak as Vule
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Zijah Sokolović
Zijah Sokolović (born 22 December 1950) is a Bosnian actor, writer and director. He is the director of ''Theaterland'' in Salzburg, professor at the Anton Bruckner Private University in Linz, artistic director of ''Dežela gledališča'' theat ...
as Mirko
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Erland Josephson
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Life and career
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as Rudolf, Beba's father
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Dragoljub Lazarov as Pero
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Neva Rošić as Elizabeta, Beba's mother
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Miljenko Brlečić as Doctor
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Zvonko Lepetić Zvonimir "Zvonko" Lepetić (17 November 1928 – 4 January 1991) was one of the leading character actors of Croatian and Yugoslav cinema and television.
Lepetić was born in Berane, Montenegro. Since 1939, he lived in Sarajevo, where he graduated f ...
as Party official
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Maja Freundlich
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* Maja, Croatia, a village
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** Maja railway station
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* Maja River, a tributar ...
as Maid
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Edo Peročević
Eduard Peročević, better known as Edo Peročević (December 3, 1937 in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia – April 28, 2007 in Zagreb, Croatia
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, anthem ...
as Prison keeper
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Jagoda Kaloper
Jagoda Kaloper (June 19, 1947 – October 1, 2016) was a Croatian visual artist, filmmaker, and actress known for various roles in films in the Yugoslav cinema.
Biography
Born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia Jagoda Kaloper made her screen debut in the 1965 ...
as Jagoda
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{{DEFAULTSORT:You Love Only Once
1981 films
1981 drama films
Serbo-Croatian-language films
Films directed by Rajko Grlić
Jadran Film films
Films set in Croatia
Croatian war drama films
Yugoslav war drama films