Virgina

Apr 5, 1991

1h 41m

★ 6.7

Overview

"Virgina" tells a tale from the 19th century Serbian village near the Adriatic Sea. Because of the extreme patriarchal culture there is a superstition that families without male heirs are cursed. When the wife gives birth to their fourth daughter, father decides that the child will become a so-called "Virgina" and that she will live as a man.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Hachette Première

Constellation Productions

Centar film

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Cast

Timotije

Miodrag Krivokapić

Dostana

Ina Gogálová

Paun

Slobodan Milovanović

Momak

Mirko Vlahović

Najstarija sestra

Matija Prskalo

Josip

Vjenceslav Kapural

Ranka (as Nada Gacesic-Livakovic)

Nada Gaćešić-Livaković

Laura

Andrijana Videnović

Stevan

Marta Keler

Andja

Sladjana Bebic

Mijat

Igor Bjelan

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