You Love Only Once Explained

You Love Only Once (Samo jednom se ljubi, also released as The Melody Haunts My Memory) is a 1981 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Rajko Grlić. It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival. In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics said it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.

Cast

• Miki Manojlović as Tomislav (as Predrag Manojlović)
• Vladislava Milosavljević as Beba (as Vladica Milosavljević)
• Mladen Budiščak as Vule
• Zijah Sokolović as Mirko
• Erland Josephson as Rudolf, Beba's father
• Dragoljub Lazarov as Pero
• Neva Rošić as Elizabeta, Beba's mother
• Miljenko Brlečić as Doctor
• Zvonko Lepetić as Party official
• Maja Freundlich as Maid
• Edo Peročević as Prison keeper
• Jagoda Kaloper as Jagoda

Sources

• Žudnja vlasti i vlast nad žudnjom: Samo jednom se ljubi Rajka Grlića . The passion for power and power over passion: Rajko Grlić's You Love Only Once . Hrvatski Filmski Ljetopis . Pavičić . Jurica . Jurica Pavičić . 2004 . 10 . 40 . 45–56 . Zagreb . . hr . 7 September 2017.

Further reading

• Web site: Najbolji hrvatski film osamdesetih od bunkera je spasio Ivica Račan . Pavičić . Jurica . Jurica Pavičić . 16 April 2012 . . hr . 8 September 2017.
• Web site: Rajko Grlić : Ovo je vrijeme nacionalnih bubnjara . 27 June 2011 . Nikčević . Tamara . Kliker.info . sh . 11 September 2017.