Two Players from the Bench

Jul 22, 2005

1h 53m

★ 6.4

Overview

Ante and Dusko are two Dream Team players. Besides being a Croat and a Serb who fought on opposite sides in the war, both used to be volleyball players. Today, they live normal lives, one in a remote craggy region, the other in Banja Luka. There is little chance of them ever meeting again. The International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague has indicted Colonel Skoko, a hero to some, a criminal to the others. The two main witnesses to his defense, Mato and Joso, have disappeared without a trace. Skoko's sponsor from the intelligence circles, Antisa, wants to find two men resembling Mato and Joso, to impersonate them before the Hague investigators, and hopefully bring down the indictments. Naturally, the two men he finds are none other than our heroes, Ante and Dusko.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Maj Film

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija

Interfilm

Two Players from the Bench Trailers

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Cast

Ante Jukić

Goran Navojec

Duško Katran

Borko Perić

Antiša

Tarik Filipović

Stela

Dora Lipovčan

The Hague Investigator

Renne Gjoni

Ingrid

Rea Kamenski Bačun

Prevoditeljica

Ana Marija Bokor

Službenik Tribunala

Dražen Bratulić

Švercer ljudima

Ivan Brkić

Šminkerica

Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'

Fotograf #2

Mijo Debanić

Policajac

Ištvan Filaković

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