Education
University of Belgrade.
University of Belgrade.
“I Even Met Happy Gypsies” (“Skupljaci perja”) is the first movie that presents the existence of Gypsies in society and in everyday life. lieutenant is also the first full-feature film where Gypsies speak their own language, Roma. Most roles are interpreted by real Gypsies.
This is their movie.
lieutenant also received a nomination for a Golden Globe. One of his most famous films is lieutenant Rains in My Village. Petrović found inspiration for this film in Fyodor Dostoyevsky"s novel The Possessed.
The film was nominated for a Palme d"Or (Golden Palm) at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival
In 1973, Petrović was forced to leave his post at the Belgrade Film Academy after being accused of holding anti-communist views by the communist government of Yugoslavia.
In late December 1989 he joined the founding committee of the Democratic Party in Serbia, the first opposition anti-communist party in Serbia.
Quotations: “As a child, I observed them and saw in these people faith and irrationality,” said Petrović “I Even Met Happy Gypsies”.
In 1967 Petrović was a member of the jury at the 17th Berlin International Film Festival.