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Happy New '49
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Happy New '49

1986-06-27 · 124 min · ★ 6.3

Crime · Action · Drama

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was unjustly accused of being a Russian spy and subsequently arrested. Younger brother Kosta is not interested in politics, but he's attracted by a brother's wife Vera and underworld mafia. In the end, it turns out that a young woman belongs to the Soviet spy agency.

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Directors
Stole Popov
Production companies
Vardar Film, Union film, Makedonija Film, Gradski Kina
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Svetozar CvetkovićSvetozar CvetkovićKosta Kovachevski
Meto JovanovskiMeto JovanovskiDragoslav Kovachevski
Vladislava MilosavljevićVladislava MilosavljevićVera Gjorgjeska
Aco GjorčevStojan
Petar ArsovskiPetar ArsovskiBurger
Goce TodorovskiTodor
Sinolička TrpkovaSinolička TrpkovaNale
Kire SimonovskiKole
Dušan KostovskiDile Jorgachev
Mite GrozdanovMite GrozdanovIslednikot
Ljupcho HadzhistojanovMomche
Ivan BekjarevIvan BekjarevInspektor vo Subotica
Mladen KrstevskiMladen KrstevskiGradimir
Milica StojanovaMajka na Dragoslav i Kosta
Ratko TankosićRatko TankosićŠvercer
Jani Mušu
Kalliopi Bukle
Mustafa Jašar
Jovica Mihajlovski
Georgi 'Dampe' Biserkov

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