Üç (1965)

In this episodic WW II drama, a Yugoslavian youth attempts to escape from German soldiers. In the first scene, he stands amongst a group of refugees waiting for a train. One man, with no identification papers is accused of a petty crime and the crowd insists that three soldiers arrest him. The youth tries to stop them all, but he fails and the man is executed. Soon afterward, his wife shows up and proves that he was indeed innocent. In the second episode, the youth participates in a resistance raid and ends up pursued into a swamp where he meets another fugitive. This man ends up sacrificing his life so that the youth can escape. The final story begins as the war ends. The youth has become an officer in the Yugoslav army and is being forced to deliver an order to execute all citizens who collaborated with the Germans. One of the traitors is a woman he cares for, but this doesn't stop him from obeying his commands.

Yugoslav yönetmen Aleksandar Petrovic 1960'lı yıllarda ülkesinin en ünlü yönetmenlerinden biriydi. 1929 yılında Paris'te doğdu. 1947-1948 yılları arasında Prag FAMU'da film yönetmenliği eğitimi aldı. Profesyonel sinema yasamında, yardımcı yönetmen, belgesel film yönetmenliği, senaryo yazarı ve uzun film yönetmenliği yaptı. En tanınmış filmleri; 1965'de Karlovy Vary Film Festivali'nde en büyük ödülü kazanan Tri ve 1967'de Cannes'da Grand Prix Ödülünü kazanan Mutlu Çingeneler'dir.