Zamfir's Zona

Oct 31, 2002

1h 44m

★ 6.3

Overview

Zona Zamfirova is set in the eastern Serbian city of Niš in the 19th century. The plot follows the story of Zona Zamfirova, a local rich man's daughter, and the vicissitudes of her affair with Mane, an ordinary goldsmith. As it was undesirable for the daughter of a rich man to marry a craftsman, the two are at first divided, with the possibility of Zona marrying Manulać, who came from a wealthy family. Everything is, however, changed as Mane organizes a successful conspiracy to keep Zona for himself.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Radiotelevizija Beograd

Dream Company

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Cast

Mane

Vojin Ćetković

Zona Zamfirova

Katarina Radivojević

Hadži Zamfir

Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić

Tašana

Milena Dravić

Doka

Radmila Živković

Perica

Nikola Đuričko

Vaska

Sloboda Mićalović

Manulać

Nebojša Ilić

Jordan

Branimir Brstina

Persa

Danica Maksimović

Taška

Ružica Sokić

Kaliopa

Jelica Sretenović

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