The Medusa Raft

Jul 10, 1980

1h 41m

★ 5.8

Overview

Story about a group of eccentric Dadaist artists in a small Serbian town in the 1920s.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Viba film

Radiotelevizija Beograd

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Cast

Kristina Polić

Olga Kacjan

Ljiljana

Vladislava Milosavljević

Mišić

Boris Komnenić

Borivoje Lazarević

Erol Kadić

Aleksa Ristić

Frano Lasić

Div Žnidaršič

Miloš Battelino

Nadežda

Radmila Živković

Ljiljanin brat

Predrag Panić

Hanna Kluge

Gisela Siebauer

Perverted gentleman

Petar Kralj

Factory owner

Predrag Radovanović

Manager

Mitja Šipek

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