Burning

Jan 1, 1979

1h 34m

★ 5.7

Overview

Small village farmers grow tobacco which they are forced to sell to the government for next-to-nothing prices. This repeats with Italians during the WW2, and with the communists after the war. Boiling point is getting high.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Centar film

Burning Trailers

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Cast

Luka

Dragan Maksimović

Tomo

Rade Šerbedžija

Mirna

Gordana Kosanović

Rajko

Ivo Gregurević

Bariša

Marko Todorović

Blažo

Svetolik Nikačević

Ante

Fabijan Šovagović

Žandarm

Velimir Živojinović

Fra Grga

Zoran Radmilović

Andrijina žena

Mirjana Kodžić

Andrija

Boro Begović

Italijanski oficir

Božidar Stošić

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