National Class Category Up to 785ccm

National Class Category Up to 785ccm (1979)

Национална класа до 785 ccm

One week in life of Branimir Mitrovic "Floyd", a young rally driver from the National class (up to 785cc), dreaming of promotion to the higher category. He lives a carefree life of a Belgrade dandy boy, neglecting his girlfriend, avoiding his draft calls, and refusing to deal with any life responsibility in general. The decisive race on Saturday is only what he cares about.

Date of release
1979-01-09
TMDB
6.6 / 10 (27)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Goran Marković

Casting

Interesting facts

National Class Category Up to 785 ccm is a 1979 Yugoslav comedy film directed by Goran Marković.

Production

The film was shot during the spring and summer of 1978 in Belgrade. It was the first screenplay in the film career of Goran Marković. It came after "Specijalno vaspitanje" (Special Education). In real life, there was no Floyd, but there was a Foyt. That was the nickname of director Branko Baletić, Goran Marković's best friend, who himself participated in rallies before the filming of the movie.

Dušan Tešić, a journalist who chronicled events on the racetracks and around them for many years, had a dual role. The first was to evoke memories of various racing anecdotes to assist in writing the screenplay, and the second was, as in real races, to play the role of the announcer in the film, who announces in the end that the main character, after all, is not the champion.

The attention to accurately depicting racing experiences during filming is evident in the fact that two racing icons, Branimir Perić Đo and Marjan Kulunđić, were engaged as advisors to the director. Kulunđić, in particular, made sure that expressions in racing jargon, such as "the junta with small nuts" and the like, were authentic.

His role as the race starter in the film is memorable for his harsh decision: "The race is canceled." Interestingly, there was no intention for Đo to try his hand at acting. Đorđe Nenadović was supposed to play that role, but fate had it that he arrived late on the day when that scene was scheduled.

Following the example of major international films in this genre where famous racers also appeared as drivers, an important detail for the overall image of the film was that the top Serbian racing ace of that time, Pavle Komnenović, acted as a stuntman for Dragan Nikolić.

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