Chris the Swiss

Oct 3, 2018

1h 30m

★ 6.5

Overview

Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war, a young journalist's body is discovered dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. Twenty years later, his cousin Anja Kofmel investigates his story.

Genres

Animation

Documentary

Production Companies

Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion

ma.ja.de. FilmProduktions

Nukleus film

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Cast

Chris (voice)

Joel Basman

Frenchy (voice)

Milton Welsh

Narrator

Megan Gay

Julio (voice)

Marko Cindrić

Flores (voice)

Domagoj Janković

Alex (voice)

Dean Krivačić

Paul (voice)

Damjan Simic

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