The Escape

Jan 1, 1987

1h 31m

★ 5.8

Overview

The tragic story of a group of prisoners, ordinary people, were detained in the camp at Lager in Naise at the beginning of WWII, after that mighty torture and abuse by the Germans, will try escape from the camp. A few succeeded.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Centar film

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Cast

Stevan

Tihomir Arsić

Olga Zarić

Tatjana Beljakova

Smilja

Ljiljana Blagojević

Nemački narednik

Bogdan Diklić

Ljubica

Ljiljana Đoković

Lila / Elza

Elizabeta Đorevska

Profesor

Milan Đurđević

Gojko Zarić

Svetislav 'Bule' Goncić

Mara

Mirjana Kodžić

Agent

Ranko Kovačević

Mitar Živić

Miodrag 'Miki' Krstović

Jelena Zarić

Bojana Maljević

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