Better Than Escape

Jul 15, 1993

1h 50m

★ 5.8

Overview

A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Magna Plus

Avala Film

Klapa 22

Better Than Escape Trailers

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Cast

Aleksa Radman

Žarko Laušević

Stamena

Claire Beckman

Radmila

Mirjana Karanović

Tale

Aleksandar Berček

Bata

Branislav 'Ciga' Jerinić

Upravnik pozorišta

Branko Cvejić

Stamenina baba

Rahela Ferari

Pevačica

Željka Bašić

Oružar

Radoslav Kojčinović

TV reditelj

Marko Baćović

Pit

Dušan Laušević

Stamenina majka

Đurđija Cvetić

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