Happy New '49

Jun 27, 1986

2h 4m

★ 5.8

Overview

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was unjustly accused of being a Russian spy and subsequently arrested. Younger brother Kosta is not interested in politics, but he's attracted by a brother's wife Vera and underworld mafia. In the end, it turns out that a young woman belongs to the Soviet spy agency.

Genres

Crime

Action

Drama

Production Companies

Vardar Film

Union film

Makedonija Film

Gradski Kina

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Cast

Kosta Kovachevski

Svetozar Cvetković

Dragoslav Kovachevski

Meto Jovanovski

Vera Gjorgjeska

Vladislava Milosavljević

Stojan

Aco Gjorčev

Burger

Petar Arsovski

Todor

Goce Todorovski

Nale

Sinolička Trpkova

Kole

Kire Simonovski

Dile Jorgachev

Dušan Kostovski

Islednikot

Mite Grozdanov

Momche

Ljupcho Hadzhistojanov

Inspektor vo Subotica

Ivan Bekjarev

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