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To arrive before the dawn

Genre:
War film

Director:
Aleksandar Djordjevic

Short description:
Shortly before the war in Yugoslavia, 32 communists are preparing escape from prison in Sremska Mitrovica. They start digging a tunnel, but it's going slowly because of the series of difficult circumstances as obstacles, underground water, transfer to another building, traitors and difficult communication to the helpers outside prison. Finally, with help of illegal-girl and group of Communist Youth members, they manage to escape, transfering to hills in order to participate in forming of First Fruskogora detachment.
Additional information:
Script: by the Pasko Romac's "Escape from Prison" and Stanka Veselinov's "Outside the Walls" notes motives.

Producer:
Neoplanta Film, Novi Sad

Writer:
Vlastimir (Vlasta) Radovanovic

Music:
Predrag Vranesevic, Mladen Vranesevic

Cinematographer:
Dusan Ninkov

Production design:
Vladislav Lasic

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija

Film editing:
Olga Krsljanin (Skrigin)

Duration:
94 minutes

System:
Standard, color

Premiere:
5.7.1978.



Cast:

Bekim Fehmiu
Bora Todorovic
Branko Djuric
Cedomir Petrovic
Ljubisa Samardzic
Miodrag (Miki) Krstovic
Rados Bajic
Slobodan Dimitrijevic
Velimir (Bata) Zivojinovic
Velimir Zivotic
Vladan Zivkovic
Zlata Numanagic

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