Mount of Lament

Mount of Lament

96 mins | Drama, War | May 1, 1968

Lado Tajovic, a student, is charged by the communist party to go to his home in the Montenegrin Mountains, to illegally spread the liberation movement's propaganda. Alone, surrounded by enemies, always awake and ready to evade traps and ambushes, Lado fights on the verge of sleep, against people which are cowards ready to betrayal. He fights his own temptations, hallucinations that constantly besiege him. Although he perseveres in holding to party directives: no killing and no revenge, Lado at one moment of weakness falls to a primal human act vengeance.

Mount of Lament

96 mins | Drama, War | May 1, 1968

Mount of Lament
Lado Tajovic, a student, is charged by the communist party to go to his home in the Montenegrin Mountains, to illegally spread the liberation movement's propaganda. Alone, surrounded by enemies, always awake and ready to evade traps and ambushes, Lado fights on the verge of sleep, against people which are cowards ready to betrayal. He fights his own temptations, hallucinations that constantly besiege him. Although he perseveres in holding to party directives: no killing and no revenge, Lado at one moment of weakness falls to a primal human act vengeance.
Producers Filmski Studio Titograd, Kosmet Film
Original title Лелејска гора
Directors Zdravko Velimirović
Writers Mihailo Lalić, Branimir Šćepanović

Cast

Slobodan Dimitrijević

as Lado Tajović

Milivoje Živanović

as Vučko Masnik

Anka Zupanc

as Neda

Istref Begolli

as Trobrk

Junus Međedović

as Barjaktar

Jože Zupan

as Pasko

Milorad Spasojević

as Ivan Vidrić

Veljko Mandić

as Jakša

Stole Aranđelović

as Kosto Amerika

Boro Begović

as Vukola, drvoseča

Vojislav Mićović

as Čobanin

Zlata Raičević

as Luda žena

Vesna Krajina

as Vidra