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Balkan express

Genre:
Comedy, War film

Director:
Branko Baletic

Short description:
The last days of peace in Serbia, before the April breakdown in 1941. A group of petty-thieves is wandering around, disguised as the music troupe "Balkan express". Their only concern is to preserve their heads under the draft of first horrors of war. People from dregs of society, in that terrible and merciless time, grow out of their meaningless destinies and become heroes of an epoch.

Producer:
Art film, Beograd, Inex Film, Beograd

Writer:
Gordan Mihic

Music:
Zoran Simjanovic

Cinematographer:
Zivko Zalar

Production design:
Vladislav Lasic

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija

Film editing:
Vuksan Lukovac

Duration:
102 minutes

System:
Widescreen, color

Premiere:
24.1.1983.



Cast:

Bogdan Diklic
as mlekar
Bora Todorovic
as Pik
Branko Cvejic
as clan bande
Dragan Nikolic
as Popaj
Milan Erak
as Bosko
Olivera Markovic
as tetka
Predrag Miletic
as Pop
Radko Polic
as Ditrih
Ratko Tankosic
as konobar
Tatjana Boskovic
as Lili
Toma Zdravkovic
as pevac
Velimir (Bata) Zivojinovic
as Popajev prijatelj

Film database is created as a joint effort of following companies and organizations: "Balkan Media GmbH" Mannheim, Germany, " Balkanmedia d.o.o." Beograd, Yugoslavia
We are grateful to: "Avala Film Beograd", "Delta Video Beograd", "Centar film Beograd", Jugoslovenska Kinoteka, Institut za film Beograd