FIVE MINUTES OF PARADISE

Symposium

Lucijan and Stevan, a pair of Yugoslav prisoners in a German concentration camp, are sent on a risky mission to dismantle unexploded bombs, under SS supervision. Working in a German general’s bombed-out house, with their guards safely away, the two men try to make the most of their “five minutes of paradise”, indulging in hedonistic pleasures before their likely deaths. The strong queer undertones of the relationship between the two men are at the forefront of this existential story about life’s pleasures during wartime and sacrifice. 
FÜNF MINUTEN IM PARADIES
YUG 1959 / 94 min
Director: Igor Pretnar
Screenings
  • Murnau-Filmtheater Sa, 27.04. / 21:00 Uhr
  • Screenplay: Vitomil Zupan
  • Cinematographer: Eduard Bogdanic
  • Editor: Vojislav Bjenjas
  • Music: Bojan Adamic, Miso Busic
  • Sound: Dragutin Jelic, Dzevad Vilic, Joze Vizjak
  • Cast: Lojze Rozman, Stevo Zigon, Mira Nikolic, Milan Vujnovic, Boris Kralj, Strahinja Petrovic, Dubravka Gall
  • Print Owner: Filmski Centar Sarajevo
Lucijan and Stevan, a pair of Yugoslav prisoners in a German concentration camp, are sent on a risky mission to dismantle unexploded bombs, under SS supervision. Working in a German general’s bombed-out house, with their guards safely away, the two men try to make the most of their “five minutes of paradise”, indulging in hedonistic pleasures before their likely deaths. The strong queer undertones of the relationship between the two men are at the forefront of this existential story about life’s pleasures during wartime and sacrifice. 
  • Screenplay: Vitomil Zupan
  • Cinematographer: Eduard Bogdanic
  • Editor: Vojislav Bjenjas
  • Music: Bojan Adamic, Miso Busic
  • Sound: Dragutin Jelic, Dzevad Vilic, Joze Vizjak
  • Cast: Lojze Rozman, Stevo Zigon, Mira Nikolic, Milan Vujnovic, Boris Kralj, Strahinja Petrovic, Dubravka Gall
  • Print Owner: Filmski Centar Sarajevo