The Seal

Inspired by the 1928 experimental film by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich, The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, this amateur short is the story of a man who spends his entire life under the thumb of anonymous bureaucrats. The titular seal adorns everything in life, from birth to death, in a criticism of bureaucracy and power over the individual, in a film that makes stylistic references to silent cinema.

• Release date
• August 6, 1955
• Runtime
• 18 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Dušan Makavejev

Cast

J

Jovan Ćirilov

M

Mila Radosavljević