Подопечный (1973)

Ward (Serbo-Croatian: Štićenik / Штићеник, lit. 'Protegé') is a 1973 Yugoslav made-for-TV arthouse horror film directed by Serbian and Yugoslav director Đorđe Kadijević and based on the story "Mihael i njegov rođak" (Serbian for 'Michael and His Cousin') by Serbian writer Filip David. The film is the first in Kadijević's mini-series Ciklus: Fantastika (Cycle: Fantasy). The film centers around a young man trying to find refuge in a mental hospital while being chased by a mysterious pursuer. Kadijević described the film as "not a typical representative of the horror genre", but as "a film thematically related to fantasy [...] in which a more psychological approach towards the subject matter is evident".