Handcuffs

Nov 6, 1970

1h 12m

★ 6.0

Overview

Yugoslavia, 1948, the year of Inform Bureau's resolution and Tito's break-up with Stalin. The story takes place during a wedding in the Dalmatian inland in Croatia. Ante marries a much younger woman, Višnja; the groom's godfather is Andrija, the partisan war hero born in this very village, and a member of the new Communist political establishment. Two members of the Yugoslav State Security crash the traditional wedding ceremony. In the growing atmosphere of fear nobody knows who will be arrested.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jadran Film

Avala Film

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Cast

Ante

Fabijan Šovagović

Andrija

Adem Čejvan

Višnja

Jagoda Kaloper

Krešo

Ilija Ivezić

Ćazim

Fahro Konjhodžić

Musa

Ivica Vidović

Baletić

Edo Peročević

Todor

Zaim Muzaferija

Zlatko Madunić

Rikard Brzeska

Učitelj

Branko Špoljar

Fratar

Stjepan Bahert

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