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The Great Day
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The Great Day

1969-07-24 · 77 min · ★ 9.0

Drama

Tragi-comedy about a man who, overnight, becomes rich by winning a lottery.

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Directors
Dragoslav Ilić
Production companies
Kino Klub Beograd
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Slobodan 'Cica' PerovićSlobodan 'Cica' PerovićPera
Miodrag AndrićMiodrag AndrićBora
Rahela FerariRahela FerariGazdarica
Milivoje 'Mića' TomićŠef
Vesna KrajinaVesna KrajinaMarija
Zoran RadmilovićZoran RadmilovićBoško
Nikola SimićNikola SimićŽika
Branka PetrićBranka PetrićNada
Rastko TadićKrupmi
Dragomir ČumićDragomir ČumićMršavi
Ingrid LotariusMica
Janez VrhovecJanez VrhovecDirektor
Aleksandar 'Aca' StojkovićSustanar
Milan SrdočBlagajnik
Jovan Janićijević 'Burduš'Jovan Janićijević 'Burduš'Bifedzija

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