The Cyclists

The Cyclists

1970 · 91 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama, War

A small town in the first year of the war. A story about young seamstress, a student, a traitor and two Czech artists, their joining the partisans. All of them die and girl stays alone. She's looking for a bicycle bell that is gone...

Directed by Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević · Written by Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević

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