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Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator

Movie·1967·Drama, Romance·1h 9m·Directed by Dušan Makavejev

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After many adventures, a young female switchboard operator starts a love relationship with a serious young man. But while he's away on business, she gets lonely and succumbs to her colleague's passes.

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Eva RasEva RasIzabela, telefonistkinjaSlobodan AligrudićSlobodan AligrudićAhmed, sanitarni inspektorRužica SokićRužica SokićRuža, Izabelina koleginicaMiodrag AndrićMiodrag AndrićMića, poštar i zavodnik
Aleksandar Kostić
Aleksandar KostićEkspert za seksualna pitanja
Živojin Aleksić
Živojin AleksićEkspert za kriminalistiku
Dragan Obradović
Dragan ObradovićObducent
Rade Ljubisavljević
Rade LjubisavljevićVodoinstalater

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