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Handcuffs

1970-11-06 · 72 min · ★ 6.7

Drama · Thriller

Yugoslavia, 1948, the year of Inform Bureau's resolution and Tito's break-up with Stalin. The story takes place during a wedding in the Dalmatian inland in Croatia. Ante marries a much younger woman, Višnja; the groom's godfather is Andrija, the partisan war hero born in this very village, and a member of the new Communist political establishment. Two members of the Yugoslav State Security crash the traditional wedding ceremony. In the growing atmosphere of fear nobody knows who will be arrested.

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Production details

Directors
Krsto Papić
Production companies
Jadran Film, Avala Film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Fabijan ŠovagovićFabijan ŠovagovićAnte
Adem ČejvanAdem ČejvanAndrija
Jagoda KaloperJagoda KaloperVišnja
Ilija IvezićKrešo
Fahro KonjhodžićĆazim
Ivica VidovićIvica VidovićMusa
Edo PeročevićEdo PeročevićBaletić
Zaim MuzaferijaTodor
Zlatko MadunićZlatko Madunić
Rikard Brzeska
Branko ŠpoljarBranko ŠpoljarUčitelj
Stjepan BahertFratar
Tijana Mandić
Jelena Grubelić
Niko TurudićVrličanin

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