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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Radko Polič Bulat -
Ivo Gregurević Krga - G Gordana Kosanović Rada
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Radoš Bajić Milan Dostanić 'Svirač' - D Dragan Cakić Dečak
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Adem Čejvan Major -
Nenad Ciganović Bolničar - R Rista Đorđević
- S Slobodan Ljubičić Rade
- S Sanja Milosavljević
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Predrag Panić - G Gordana Pavlov Darka
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