Superfluous

Superfluous

1962 · 93 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy , Drama , Romance

Young farmer Mikajlo while on youth labour action falls in love with a student Nada and infatuated with her, he leaves the peasant brigade and Malena, a girl who as if she were overabundant, followed him to work the labour action. Mikajlo's courtship of Nada provokes laughter and ridicule, so ambitious 'Don Juan' returns to his brigade and the girl.

Directed by Branko Bauer · Written by Krešimir Golik

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