Manifesto (1988 film)

Manifesto
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDušan Makavejev
Screenplay byDušan Makavejev
Produced byYoram Globus
Menahem Golan
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byCannon Film Distributors
Release date
  • 27 January 1988 (1988-01-27) (United Kingdom)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$70,060

Manifesto is a 1988 American comedy drama film directed by Dušan Makavejev[1] and starring Camilla Søeberg, Alfred Molina, Simon Callow and Eric Stoltz.[2] It was filmed in what was Yugoslavia under the working title, "For a Night of Love", and is based on the novella Pour une nuit d'amour by Émile Zola. The screenplay concerns an attempt by revolutionaries to assassinate an autocratic central European monarch, and the inept police state that tries to find and stop them.

Plot

In the 1920s, the King's security chief Avanti arrives in the sleepy village of Waldheim with an array of policemen to protect the monarch on his upcoming visit. Meanwhile, the lovely Svetlana also returns to the village after 3 years away, with plans of assassination - and romance.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Shulgasser, Barbara (20 December 1989). "Another hope dashed". The San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  2. ^ Mills, Michael (16 June 1989). "A quirky 'Manifesto' of sex and revolution". The Palm Beach Post. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  3. ^ Makavejev, Dusan (27 January 1989), Manifesto (Comedy, Drama, Romance), Camilla Søeberg, Alfred Molina, Simon Callow, The Cannon Group, retrieved 22 September 2024


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