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Shots in the Sky
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Shots in the Sky

1958-01-01 · 78 min · ★ 6.8

War · Drama

Upon returning home at war's end, a young lieutenant discovers that his family has been murdered by the Nazis. It's all the handiwork of a treasonous "Chetnik," who during the war worked against the partisans on behalf of the Germans. In bitter retaliation, the lieutenant sets about to decimate the Chetnik's family. He stops short, however, when he realizes that the sins of the fathers are not always passed down to the innocent children.

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Directors
Vojislav Bjenjaš
Production companies
UFUS
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Bert SotlarBert SotlarVeljko
Darinka 'Dara' ČalenićDarinka 'Dara' ČalenićSmilja
Pavle VuisićPavle VuisićKosta
Abdurrahman ShalaAbdurrahman ShalaSrđan
Mihajlo ViktorovićMihajlo ViktorovićNikola
Stole AranđelovićStole AranđelovićStanko
Dušan JanićijevićDušan JanićijevićČetnik
Velimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićVelimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićČetnik koljač
Dragomir 'Gidra' BojanićDragomir 'Gidra' BojanićMilić
Sima JanićijevićSima Janićijević
Stanko Buhanac
Branko Đorđević
Dobrila Džimić
Mira Džačić
Mira Glišić
Dejan ĐurovićDejan Đurović
Borivoje Jovanović

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