Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator
Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator is a 1967 Yugoslav film directed by Dušan Makavejev.
Plot
The film begins with a sexologist in his office, talking about the history of sex.Izabela, an ethnic Hungarian switchboard operator, meets and falls in love with a Sandžak Muslim sanitation inspector named Ahmed, who soon moves into her apartment and has a shower installed. The film then cuts away to a police investigation of the death of a young woman by drowning. Ahmed goes away on business for a month. During his absence, Izabela finally gives in to a persistently amorous postman.
When Ahmed returns, he finds Izabela different, less loving. He gets very drunk, and when Isabella chases after him to keep him from harm, he threatens to commit suicide by jumping into an underground cistern. However, Ahmed ends up accidentally pushing Izabela in instead, killing her. He goes into hiding, but is arrested by the police for murder. The film concludes with a scene of Ahmed and Izabela walking down a staircase.
Cast
- Eva Ras as Izabela
- Slobodan Aligrudić as Ahmed
- Ružica Sokić as Ruža
- Miodrag Andrić as Mića
- Aleksander Kostic as Ekspert za seksualna pitanja
- Zivojin Aleksic as Ekspert za kriminalistiku
- Dragan Obradovic as Obducent
- Rade Ljubisavljevic as Vodoinstalater
- Aca Tadic as Jorgandzija