Shots in the Sky

Jan 1, 1958

1h 18m

★ 6.2

Overview

Upon returning home at war's end, a young lieutenant discovers that his family has been murdered by the Nazis. It's all the handiwork of a treasonous "Chetnik," who during the war worked against the partisans on behalf of the Germans. In bitter retaliation, the lieutenant sets about to decimate the Chetnik's family. He stops short, however, when he realizes that the sins of the fathers are not always passed down to the innocent children.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

UFUS

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Cast

Veljko

Bert Sotlar

Smilja

Darinka 'Dara' Čalenić

Kosta

Pavle Vuisić

Srđan

Abdurrahman Shala

Nikola

Mihajlo Viktorović

Stanko

Stole Aranđelović

Četnik

Dušan Janićijević

Četnik koljač

Velimir Živojinović

Milić

Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić

Sima Janićijević

Stanko Buhanac

Branko Đorđević

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