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Tango Is a Sad Thought to Be Danced
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Tango Is a Sad Thought to Be Danced

1997-07-09 · 90 min · ★ 4.2

Drama

A famous fashion designer returns to his birthplace in a tiny Serb town, in the wake of the recent war. Although the inhabitants still love to dance the tango and live life's pleasures to the full, the Mafia have gained a foothold.

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Directors
Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević
Production companies
Viktorija Film, Radiotelevizija Beograd
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ana SofrenovićAna SofrenovićOksana Mihajlovna
Ljuba TadićLjuba TadićIvan Lepić
Dragan MićanovićDragan Mićanović
Vojislav BrajovićVojislav Brajović
Svetozar CvetkovićSvetozar Cvetković
Anita MančićAnita Mančić
Sonja SavićSonja SavićVeronika
Dragan JovanovićDragan Jovanović
Rastko JankovićRastko JankovićŠtuka
Radmila ŽivkovićRadmila ŽivkovićJagoda
Dragomir ČumićDragomir Čumić
Ratko TankosićRatko Tankosić
Vojin ĆetkovićVojin Ćetković
Tatjana ŽerajićGalja
Ljiljana KrstićLjiljana Krstić
Branka PujićBranka Pujić
Hristina PopovićHristina Popović
Mladen 'Mlađa' VeselinovićMladen 'Mlađa' VeselinovićPredsednik opštine
Tamara Vučković
Sonja VukićevićSonja Vukićević

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