A 55-minute fever dream where a woman plays her victims like instruments — literally.
A man heading through the countryside is drawn to a strange castle, which is reputed by the locals to be haunted. There he meets a beguiling young woman who ensnares him in her world of secrets.
Acting
Olivera Katarina's hypnotic, music-box precision.
Cinematography
Cramped castle spaces that breathe and watch you back.
Score
Classical pieces weaponized into psychological torture.
Director
Đorđe Kadijević
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made for Yugoslav television in 1973, this was Kadijević's first horror work and helped establish Balkan folk horror as distinct from Western gothic traditions — less Dracula, more village whisper-network dread.
Olivera Katarina was already a famous singer; Kadijević cast her specifically so her actual musical performance would feel authentic and therefore more unsettling when it turns predatory.
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