Falling in the Paradise

Aug 19, 2004

1h 33m

★ 5.3

Overview

A half-mad patriot who shot Avax from the roof of his house captures its American pilot during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. The hostage gets romantically involved with his sister while unsuccessfully trying to escape.

Genres

Comedy

War

Production Companies

MACT Productions

Zillion Film

Rocketta Film

Neue Impuls Film

Rotterdam Film Fund

Canal+

ARD Degeto

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Cast

Ljubiša Kundačina

Lazar Ristovski

Dušica Kundačina

Branka Katić

Johnatan Schumacher

Simon Lyndon

Ljubišina majka

Olivera Marković

Daca

Jovana Milanov

Stratimirović

Nikola Pejaković

UN Officer

Steve Agnew

Siledžija 3

Ljubomir Bandović

Siledžija 2

Goran Daničić

Portir u pozorištu

Bogdan Diklić

Taksista

Predrag Ejdus

Komandir straže

Nebojša Ljubišić

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