Cognac

Jun 21, 1988

1h 29m

★ 5.0

Overview

A wealthy American on the quest for a perfect brandy runs afoul of petty criminal monks and falls in love with an impostor.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Avala Film

Hemdale

Calafia Film

Cognac Trailers

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Cast

Bogoljub / Prior Nikamia

Rick Rossovich

Ella Frazier

Catherine Hicks

Charles Lawrence

Gary Kroeger

Zorka Bogdanović

Darinka 'Dara' Čalenić

Abdullah the Great

Velimir Živojinović

Brother Gabriel

Nikola Simić

Colonel Frazier

Jeff Corey

Veljko Pantović

Brad Dexter

Ambassador Morley

Sam Wanamaker

Roger

Michael Gable

Bure

Taško Načić

Mornar

Zvonko Lepetić

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