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Winning of Freedom
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Winning of Freedom

1979-07-04 · 102 min · ★ 5.5

War

WW2 has ended, but that doesn't mean the end of problems for an ex-Partisan who now must take care of reconstruction, as well as the building of a new society in a small Serbian town.

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Directors
Zdravko Šotra
Production companies
Avala film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Radko PoličRadko PoličBulat
Ivo GregurevićIvo GregurevićKrga
Gordana KosanovićRada
Radoš BajićRadoš BajićMilan Dostanić 'Svirač'
Dragan CakićDečak
Adem ČejvanAdem ČejvanMajor
Nenad CiganovićNenad CiganovićBolničar
Rista Đorđević
Slobodan LjubičićRade
Sanja Milosavljević
Predrag PanićPredrag Panić
Gordana PavlovDarka
Dragana Popović-Glomazić
Milan PuzićMilan PuzićSimon Dolapović
Tomislav Radaš
Olga SpiridonovićOlga SpiridonovićMilanova majka
Zlatibor Stoimirov
Milivoje 'Mića' TomićDanilo
Ivan Vukov
Vlastimir VelisavljevićVlastimir VelisavljevićVaspitač (uncredited)

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