Rhythm of a Crime (Croatian: Ritam zločina) is a 1981 Yugoslav fantasy crime film directed by Zoran Tadić, made in Serbian-Croatian co-production.
It is based on "Dobri duh Zagreba", a short story by Pavao Pavličić.
[2] Old houses in Zagreb are destroyed in order to build new, bigger blocks.
A teacher who lives in one of these houses allows a stranger to share his home with him.
When a predicted murder did not occur, the stranger is adamant that the whole town will suffer unless a balance is achieved - and he leaves.