Doctor Homer's Brother

Jan 1, 1968

1h 24m

★ 7.0

Overview

This film predominantly deals with the problems of a young man whom his delusions led into conflict with society. These issues will throw him into an adventure that would be tragic for him, but still helpful for him to see the truth. The story takes place in Kosovo in 1945, in an atmosphere of uncured wounds, wandering, betrayal, burned homes, typhoid and other postwar misery. An authentic story from those days was taken as the film's basis.

Genres

Drama

War

Western

Production Companies

Filmska Radna Zajednica (FRZ)

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Cast

Simon Petrović

Velimir Živojinović

Doktor Homer

Voja Mirić

Kapetan Vuk

Jovan Milićević

Kaluđer

Ljuba Tadić

Atanas

Pavle Vuisić

Ana

Zdravka Krstulović

Vera, bolničarka

Jelena Žigon

Lekar

Petar Prličko

Kurteš

Stole Aranđelović

Janez Vrhovec

Darko Damevski

Panče Kamdžik

Kosmet in the fall of 1944. The Partisans have successfully liberated the town of Prizren from occupying Germans,and Ramiz Leshi, a brave and cunning KNOJ captain, has to liquidate the remainder of the local Quislings, called Balists. They are led by a ruthless, German-trained soldier Kosta and by Ahmet, the brother of the famous Captain. As Ramiz is trying to get Ahmet out of the gang and hunt down the rest of the Balists, 2 new girls arrive in town. One of them is Lola, a bar singer with a questionable agenda, and the other is Vida, a withdrawn music teacher from Belgrade.

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