Winning of Freedom

Winning of Freedom

1979 · 102 min · ★ 5.5 · War

WW2 has ended, but that doesn't mean the end of problems for an ex-Partisan who now must take care of reconstruction, as well as the building of a new society in a small Serbian town.

Directed by Zdravko Šotra · Written by Gordan Mihić

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