The Harbor

Jan 1, 1992

1h 49m

★ 0.0

Overview

Next to a small Dalmatian town of Murvice oil was found, and politicians make a hasty decision to build a tanker port, although there is no oil in the quantities required for exploitation. Urged by his ambitious wife, the engineer Slobodan Despot becomes director of the port construction, which his wife's lover skillfully exploits to use Despot as scapegoat. The construction of unprofitable airport gradually destroys the patriarchal structure of Murvice, as well as Despot's personal life and ideals, which he tried to restore by having affair with the young and unspoiled girl.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Urania Film

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija

Korugva

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Cast

Slobodan Despot

Ivo Gregurević

Direktor

Galiano Pahor

Damir Lončar

Ilija Ivezić

Ljubomir 'Kiki' Kapor

Matko Raguž

Matija Prskalo

Marija Kohn

Zlatko Crnković

Zvonimir Zoričić

Žuža Egreny

Davor Jureško

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