Balkan Spy (1984)

Ilija Chvorovic from Belgrade, who spent a couple of years in prison on Goli Otok because of Stalinism, was called for a routine interview at the local police station. There, the interrogator routinely questions him about his tenant, Petar Jakovljevic, a tailor who worked for 20 years in a capitalist state, in France. After a few minutes, Ilija was allowed to go home, but he was so overcome by nervousness and paranoia that he began to doubt Petar. As soon as he returned home, he began to complain to his wife Danica, that they should never have rented him an apartment. Ilija's imagination begins to work and he begins to imagine that Petar could be a terrorist, who wants to overthrow the state. Soon, she starts spying on him, to the astonishment of Danica, who is more concerned about their daughter Sonja, who as a dental graduate has not had a job for years. Ilija calls the state security inspector on the phone and begins to report to him about Petar's movements and some of his encounters with "suspicious" people, but he does not take him seriously. Soon Ilija buys a camera with a telephoto lens and starts constantly spying on Petar and his friends, from the spa to walking in the forest.

– Original title: Balkanski spijun