Migrations II

Migrations II

1989 · 135 min · ★ 8.0 · History, Drama

Screening of the synonymous Milos Crnjanski's poetic novel about the tragedy of Serbian people who scattered their energy and bones from Dnepr to Lotaringia during XVII and XIX century. The great Serbian migration topic is given through the military campaign of major Vuk Isakovic (Avtandil Makharadze) at the head of Slavonian-Danube regiment, from spring of 1744. to spring of the next year. The second topic follows tragic but passionate relationship between Vuk's younger brother and his wife, which ends with her long-lasting disease and death.

Directed by Aleksandar Petrović · Written by Aleksandar Petrović

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Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić Pavle Isaković
Vladislava Milosavljević Katinka
Ljuba Tadić Mihailo Vana
Ljubiša Samardžić Trifun Isaković
Snežana Savić Kumrija
Draško Ređep Garsuli
Ina Gogálová Đinđa
Radko Polič Austrijski oficir
Richard Berry Aranđel Isaković
Mirjana Karanović Evdokija Božić
Anica Dobra Tekla Božić
Toma Jovanović Major Božić

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