




MRTAV LADAN / FROZEN STIFF (2002)
Comedy / 90 min / Serbian language
Production Companies: Viktorija Film, Belgrade / RTS, Belgrade
Main Cast: Nikola Đuričko / Sonja Kolačarić / Tara Manić / Srđan Todorović / Nenad Jezdić / Mihajlo Bata Paskaljević / Slobodan Ninković / Nikola Pejaković / Milorad Mandić / Velibor Bata Živojinović
Producers: Slobodan Jocić / Ljuba Đorđević / Predrag Bajčetić / Marko Jocić
Director: Milorad Milinković
Writers: Milorad Milinković
DoP: Dimitrije Joković
Production Designer: Miodrag Nikolić
Editor: Vera Jocić
Music by: Mihajlo Krstić, Dušan Petrović
Costume Designer: Marina Vukasović Medenica
Brothers Lemi and Kiza must transport their deceased grandfather from Belgrade to Vršac. Out of money, they decide to smuggle the body onto a train. Disguising him in a suit and hat, they seat him upright and tell the other passengers he’s simply asleep.
While the brothers head to the dining car for a drink, a panicked drug dealer named Limeni, fearing a police search, hides a packet of drugs in the grandfather’s pocket. Moments later, the train jerks to a sudden stop, and a suitcase falls, striking the old man’s head. Believing they’ve just witnessed a murder, terrified passengers throw the body out of the window — claiming he “woke up and left.”
When Lemi and Kiza return to find their grandfather missing, chaos begins. The search for the body turns into a frantic, absurd chase across the Serbian countryside — blending dark humor with human folly.
MRTAV LADAN / FROZEN STIFF (2002)
Žanr: Komedija / 90 min / srpski jezik
Produkcijske kuće: Viktorija Film, Beograd / RTS, Beograd
Glavne uloge: Nikola Đuričko / Sonja Kolačarić / Tara Manić / Srđan Todorović / Nenad Jezdić / Mihajlo Bata Paskaljević / Slobodan Ninković / Nikola Pejaković / Milorad Mandić / Velibor Bata Živojinović
Producenti: Slobodan Jocić / Ljuba Đorđević / Predrag Bajčetić / Marko Jocić
Režija: Milorad Milinković
Scenario: Milorad Milinković
Direktor fotografije: Dimitrije Joković
Scenograf: Miodrag Nikolić
Montaža: Vera Jocić
Muzika: Mihajlo Krstić, Dušan Petrović
Kostimograf: Marina Vukasović Medenica
Sinopsis:
Braća Lemi i Kiza moraju da prevezu telo svog preminulog dede iz Beograda u Vršac. Bez novca, odlučuju da ga krišom ukrcaju u voz. Oblače ga u odelo i šešir, posade ga uspravno i putnicima kažu da deda samo spava.
Dok oni odlaze u vagon-restoran na piće, preplašeni diler Limeni, strahujući od policije, sakriva paket droge u dedin džep. U tom trenutku voz naglo zakoči, a kofer pada pravo na dedinu glavu. Ubeđeni da su svedoci ubistva, putnici u panici izbacuju telo kroz prozor — tvrdeći da je „ustao i otišao“.
Kada se Lemi i Kiza vrate i otkriju da deda nema, nastaje haos. Potraga za telom prerasta u frenetičnu, apsurdnu jurnjavu kroz srpsku provinciju — spoj crnog humora i ljudske gluposti.
