Ship Floats to Shanghai

Jan 1, 1991

1h 28m

★ 6.5

Overview

A young married couple does not share the bed. However, they try to hide all the obstacles and their problems in public, presenting their marriage to be an idyllic and exemplary one. Below their provincial mask, one can reveal the intolerance, strong emotions and passions of a spoiled Belgrade girl and an ambitious small-town lawyer.

Genres

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Radiotelevizija Beograd

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Cast

Ljiljana

Vesna Trivalić

Radmilo Tomić

Svetislav 'Bule' Goncić

Kuma Jelka

Snežana Bogdanović

Margita

Branka Pujić

Momčilo

Branimir Brstina

Spomenka

Saša Petrović

Aleksa

Milutin Dapčević

Gospođa Petrović

Vesna Stanojević

Inženjer Voja Marković

Bogdan Diklić

Kum Nenad

Milan Štrljić

Dana

Vojka Ćordić

Ljiljanin otac

Aleksandar Berček

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