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The Smell of Quinces

1982 film by Mirza Idrizović

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia

Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0

Source revisionAug 30, 2026

Entity authorityQ4121262 ↗

Source-derived summary

The Smell of Quinces (Serbian: Miris dunja) is a 1982 Yugoslav drama film directed by Mirza Idrizović. It was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was also selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.

Cast

Mustafa Nadarević as Mustafa

Ljiljana Blagojević as Luna

Irfan Mensur as Ibrahim

Izet Hajdarhodžić as Hamdibeg

Nada Djurevska as Azra

Semka Sokolović-Bertok as Esma

Boro Stjepanović as Alkalaj

Špela Rozin as Marija

Branko Đurić as Lt.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “The Smell of Quinces” as 1982 film by Mirza Idrizović. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Smell, Quinces and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1982—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1982-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Smell, Quinces and film providing the first useful test.

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Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4121262. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1982.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Smell of Quinces” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.