Petria's Wreath (Serbo-Croatian: Петријин венац, Petrijin venac), is a 1980 Yugoslav film directed by Srđan Karanović based on the eponimous novel by Dragoslav Mihailović. It won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, with Mirjana Karanović picking up the Golden Arena for Best Actress at the 1980 Pula Film Festival.[1] Set in a small mining town in Serbia, before, during and after World War II, it follows the life of an illiterate woman.[2] The film marks the acting debut of Mirjana Karanović.[3]

Petria's Wreath
Movie poster.
Directed bySrđan Karanović
Written byRajko Grlić
Srđan Karanović
Dragoslav Mihailović (Novel)
Produced byMilan Žmukić
StarringMirjana Karanović
Dragan Maksimović
Pavle Vuisić
Marko Nikolić
Olivera Marković
Veljko Mandić
Ljiljana Krstić
Milivoje Tomić
CinematographyTomislav Pinter
Edited byBranka Čeperac
Music byZoran Simjanović
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croatian (Kosovo-Resava dialect)

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  1. ^ "27. Festival igranog filma u Puli" (in Croatian). Pula Film Festival. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
  2. ^ "Petria's Wreath (1980)".
  3. ^ "Mirjana Karanović". IMDB.
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