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Knot

1985 · 106 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama, War

The story takes place in March of 1943 during transportations of Jews from Skopje. Nikola is a surgeon who was taken his working license away, and spends evening hours at the local bar where German officers, along with Bulgarian officer Simeonov, play Russian roulette with their gun pointed at prisoner's head. After suicide of one German mayor, Nikola and the prisoner escape.

Directed by Kiril Cenevski · Written by Slavko Janevski

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