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God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen
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God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen

2002-02-20 · 107 min · ★ 7.0

Drama · Comedy · Romance

The adventures of a small town Croatian family during the 1960s. The decade will leave eternal marks on all of their members, but most of the story focuses on the youngest one, a boy, Frula, who discovers the love and fashion of the time.

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Directors
Snježana Tribuson
Production companies
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, MaXima film
Countries
Croatia
Status
Released

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Luka DragićFrula
Filip Ćurićyoung Frula
Ivo GregurevićIvo GregurevićBranko
Mirjana RoginaNevenka
Dora Fišter TošDora Fišter TošHana
Vinko BrešanUdbaš
Katarina FabičevićBiba
Slavica FilaSlavica
Ivan BrkićKartaš #1
Petar Cvirn
Tena Jeić GajskiMedicinska sestra
Goran GrgićGoran GrgićDirektor
Hana HegedušićHana HegedušićCica
Slavica JukićČistačica
Hrvoje KečkešHrvoje KečkešPekar #1
Ljubomir KerekešLjubomir KerekešFeliks
Nada KlasterkaProfesorica latinskog jezika
Simona KostihaCica - 11 godina
Hrvoje KovačićŠtef
Krsto Krnić

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