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WR: Mysteries of the Organism
“The film they said we would never see...”
6.2 / 10• 1971• 1h 25m•NR• Serbian (Latin)
DramaFantasyComedy
Storyline
What does the energy harnessed through orgasm have to do with the state of communist Yugoslavia circa 1971? Only counterculture filmmaker extraordinaire Dušan Makavejev has the answers (or the questions). His surreal documentary-fiction collision begins as an investigation into the life and work of controversial psychologist and philosopher Wilhelm Reich and then explodes into a free-form narrative of a beautiful young Slavic girl’s sexual liberation.
Cast & Crew
Milena Dravić
Milena
Lead
Ivica Vidović
Vladimir Ilyich
Jagoda Kaloper
Jagoda
Tuli Kupferberg
US Soldier
Zoran Radmilović
Radmilović
Jackie Curtis
Jackie Curtis
Miodrag Andrić
Soldier
ŽM
Živka Matić
Landlady
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Dušan Makavejev's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. WR: Mysteries of the Organism is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
