Leptirica


Leptirica Serbian Cyrillic , translation The SheButterfly is a 1973 Yugoslav horror TV movie based on the story After Ninety Years 1880 written by Serbian writer Milovan Glii. It was directed by the Serbian director ore Kadijevi. Leptirica was the first Serbian horror movie and is considered one of the top Serbian and former Yugoslav horror films. The movie was filmed in a village Zelinje, near the river Drina, close to the city Zvornik.

After the opening scene, the film turns to a romance between a poor young man Strahinja Petar Boovi and a beautiful girl Radojka Mirjana Nikoli. Radojka, the daughter of landowner ivan Slobodan Perovi, refuses to allow her to marry Strahinja. Disappointed, Strahinja leaves his village and goes to Zaroje. He meets peasants discussing the cursed mill and accepts their offer to become the new miller. He spends the night in the mill and survives the attack of the creature, finding out its name Sava Savanovi. The villagers visit the oldest woman in a neighboring village and ask her if there is a grave of somemone called Sava Savanovi somewhere nearby. After finding the place where his body is buried, they nail a stake through the coffin and a butterfly flies out.The peasants help Strahinja take Radojka from her home and bring her to Zaroje. During the night, while the villagers are preparing the wedding, Strahinja sneaks into his future wifes room while she is asleep. As he undresses her, he discovers a bloody hole under her breasts and realize it is from the stake they used to impale Savas cofin. Radojka opens her eyes and transforms into a disgusting hairy creature which climbs onto Strahinjas neck while he is trying to run away. She leads him to Savas grave where he manages to take the stake out of the coffin and impale her. ........

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