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Better Than Escape
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Better Than Escape

1993-07-15 · 110 min · ★ 5.4

Romance · Drama

A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.

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Directors
Miroslav Lekić
Production companies
Magna Plus, Avala Film, Klapa 22
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Žarko LauševićŽarko LauševićAleksa Radman
Claire BeckmanClaire BeckmanStamena
Mirjana KaranovićMirjana KaranovićRadmila
Aleksandar BerčekAleksandar BerčekTale
Branislav 'Ciga' JerinićBranislav 'Ciga' JerinićBata
Branko CvejićBranko CvejićUpravnik pozorišta
Rahela FerariRahela FerariStamenina baba
Željka BašićPevačica
Radoslav KojčinovićOružar
Marko BaćovićMarko BaćovićTV reditelj
Dušan LauševićPit
Đurđija CvetićĐurđija CvetićStamenina majka
Olja BećkovićOlja BećkovićInspicijent
Zoran CvijanovićZoran CvijanovićGlumac

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