The Written Off

Apr 29, 1974

1h 28m

★ 9.0

Overview

Careless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement and their activities bring their names to Gestapo's termination list. This movie inspired the series that would get cult status in former Yugoslavia.

Genres

War

Action

Production Companies

C.F.S. Košutnjak

Radiotelevizija Beograd

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Cast

Prle

Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić

Tihi

Vojislav Brajović

Paja

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

Milan

Rade Marković

Mrki

Aleksandar Berček

Kriger

Stevo Žigon

Mile

Vladan Holec

Zriki

Čedomir Petrović

Skale

Slobodan Aligrudić

Striko

Dragomir Felba

Dr. Bolić

Vojislav Mirić

Miler

Rudolf Ulrich

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