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The Price of Life

Jan 1, 1994

1h 43m

★ 0.0

Overview

At the end of 1991, a prisoner Ivan escapes from Serbian camp. He finds a hideout in the property of a wealthy Serbian landowner Stevan, who eventually finds him and offers him two choices - to submit him to the authorities, or to make Ivan work for him. Ivan accepts the latter and while staying on the farm he gradually introduces the landowner's deranged family. He also meets his daughter-in-law Anica, a beautiful Croatian woman married to landowner's bloodthirsty son who fights in Croatia. A secret love affair is being developed between the two Croats.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Graphis

Jadran Film

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Cast

Ivan

Slavko Juraga

Anica

Barbara Vicković

Stevan

Ivan Tomljenović

Tuco

Edo Peročević

Dušan

Goran Grgić

Vaso

Ivan Brkić

Desa

Senka Bulić

Mesud Dedović

Sonja Desnica

Tarik Filipović

Siniša Juričić

Vjenceslav Kapural

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