The State of the Dead

Jul 25, 2002

1h 32m

★ 5.7

Overview

When the war in Yugoslavia breaks out, an army officer who's ethnic Slovenian yet still believes in Yugoslavia, decides to move to Belgrade. The country continues to fall apart and so does his family failing to find acceptance there.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Komuna

Delfin Film

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Cast

Janez Kranjc

Radko Polič

Gorazd Kranjc

Nebojša Glogovac

Ristana Kranjc

Katina Ivanova

Tatjana

Milena Pavlović Čučilović

Ružica

Elizabeta Popović

Policijski komandir

Radoš Bajić

Vojnik

Nikola Bulatović

Ljubomir Ćipranić

Aleksandra Cucić

Džordž

Slobodan Ćustić

Janezov pretpostavljeni

Svetozar Cvetković

Kelner Milan

Bogdan Diklić

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