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The Seal

1955-08-06 · 18 min · ★ 7.0

Drama

Inspired by the 1928 experimental film by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich, The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, this amateur short is the story of a man who spends his entire life under the thumb of anonymous bureaucrats. The titular seal adorns everything in life, from birth to death, in a criticism of bureaucracy and power over the individual, in a film that makes stylistic references to silent cinema.

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Directors
Dušan Makavejev
Production companies
Kino Klub Beograd
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jovan Ćirilov
Mila Radosavljević

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