Where Gods Are Dead

Where Gods Are Dead

1993 · 84 min · ★ 5.5 · Documentary, Drama

A Norwegian TV-worker tries to prevent her son, which she has with her former husband, a Serb now living in Jugoslavia, to become a soldier in the starting civil war.

Directed by Vibeke Løkkeberg · Written by Vibeke Løkkeberg

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