On the Road to Katanga

May 3, 1987

1h 46m

★ 5.4

Overview

Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native country with plans to sell his father's house in order to travel to the African diamond mine in Katanga. Re-visiting of his hometown brings back his childhood trauma, and the nightmare of the old and new love, the events in and around the mine, all put his obsession with Katanga on test.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Film Danas

Bakar Film

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Cast

Pavle Bezuha

Svetozar Cvetković

Pevačica Žana

Mirjana Karanović

Jova

Radoš Bajić

Marija

Ljiljana Lašić

Ciglič

Tone Šolar

Upravnik Janković

Fabijan Šovagović

Toša Palidrvce

Ljubiša Samardžić

Žakula

Mirko Babić

Janko

Meto Jovanovski

Visoki

Mladen Nelević

Majka

Ljubica Šćepanović

Ljubomir Bezuha, otac

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