
On the Road to Katanga
1987-05-03 · 106 min · ★ 6.0
Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native country with plans to sell his father's house in order to travel to the African diamond mine in Katanga. Re-visiting of his hometown brings back his childhood trauma, and the nightmare of the old and new love, the events in and around the mine, all put his obsession with Katanga on test.
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- Directors
- Živojin Pavlović
- Production companies
- Film Danas, Bakar Film
- Countries
- Yugoslavia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Svetozar CvetkovićPavle Bezuha
Mirjana KaranovićPevačica Žana
Radoš BajićJova
Ljiljana LašićMarija
Fabijan ŠovagovićUpravnik Janković
Ljubiša SamardžićToša Palidrvce
Mirko BabićŽakula
Meto JovanovskiJanko
Božidar BunjevacLjubomir Bezuha, otac
Stole AranđelovićGrgur
Miloš KandićStević
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