Kuduz

Kuduz
Directed byAdemir Kenović
Written byAbdulah Sidran, Ademir Kenović
Produced byBakir Tanović
StarringSlobodan Ćustić
Snežana Bogdanović
Branko Đurić
Ivana Legin
Mustafa Nadarević
Music byGoran Bregović
Distributed byFRZ Bosna, Sarajevo, RTV Sarajevo
Release date
  • 1989 (1989)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryYugoslavia (SR Bosnia and Herzegovina)
LanguageSerbo-Croatian

Kuduz is a 1989 Yugoslav drama film directed by Ademir Kenović. The film was written by Abdulah Sidran and Ademir Kenović. The music is by Goran Bregović. The story is based on the real-life outlaw Junuz Kečo. The film was praised by critics and won many awards in the former Yugoslavia.

Plot

Bećir "Kuduz" is a small-time criminal who leaves prison and marries Badema. For a while they try to live honestly. They are poor but sometimes happy. Badema is not faithful and has an affair. Kuduz becomes jealous. He kills Badema and her lover. After that he runs away into the mountains and hides from the police for years. The film is about love, jealousy and tragedy. It also shows life on the edge of the city.

Cast

  • Slobodan Ćustić as Bećir Kuduz
  • Snežana Bogdanović as Badema Kuduz
  • Božidar Bunjevac as Salem Pilav
  • Branko Đurić as Alija Goro
  • Mustafa Nadarević as Police officer Šemso
  • Ivana Legin as Amela (Badema's daughter)
  • Radmila Živković as Anđa
  • Boro Stjepanović as Rudo
  • Sena Mustajbašić
  • Saša Petrović as Braco
  • Amina Begović
  • Haris Burina
  • Zaim Muzaferija
  • Ines Fančović (credited as Ines Fančević)

References