Holding the Air

Jun 7, 1985

1h 35m

★ 3.8

Overview

The story of a war-orphan, who remembers first post-war days, his stay in Home for war-orphans, his teachers, friends, and mostly his "only brother".

Genres

Family

Drama

Production Companies

Union film

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Cast

Milan

Marko Vojinović

Gligorije

Slavko Štimac

Buzdovan

Velimir Živojinović

Upravnik doma

Danilo 'Bata' Stojković

Domaćica

Jelica Sretenović

Pavle Jovanović

Milivoje 'Mića' Tomić

Gligorijev deda

Slavko Simić

Doktor

Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanić

Svetlanin stric

Zoran Radmilović

Sveštenik

Miroslav Bijelić

Svetlana B. Đorđević

Gala Videnović

Svetlanina strina

Ljiljana Sedlar

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