The Hornet

Apr 6, 1998

1h 47m

★ 7.1

Overview

A love story between a Serbian girl and young Albanian set against the background of current Balkanic conflict.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Cinema Design

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Cast

Miljaim/assassin-Abaz's brother

Sergej Trifunović

Adrijana

Mirjana Joković

Inspektor Boban Đorđević

Dragan Jovanović

Abaz

Branimir 'Bane' Popović

Avdija

Meto Jovanovski

Profesor Lane Šekularac

Ljubiša Samardžić

Salih

Enver Petrovci

Redžepi

Mirko Vlahović

Inspektor Peter Helmer

Dragan Petrović 'Pele'

Emin

Miloš Timotijević

Azem

Dragan Maksimović

Brka

Milutin Mićović

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