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Tag Archives: Yugoslavia
The Camp Followers AKA Le soldatesse (1965) Valerio Zurlini, Anna Karina, Lea Massari, Marie Laforêt
In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes Read More »
Joseph and His Brethren AKA Giuseppe venduto dai fratelli (1961) Luciano Ricci, Marietto, Geoffrey Horne, Finlay Currie
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power Read More »
Constantine the Great AKA Costantino il grande (1961) Lionello De Felice, Irving Rapper, Cornel Wilde, Belinda Lee, Massimo Serato
Somewhat fictionalized dramatic account of Late Roman Emperor Constantine Read More »
The 25th Hour AKA La vingt-cinquième heure (1967) Henri Verneuil, Anthony Quinn, Virna Lisi, Grégoire Aslan
During World War II, Johann Moritz (Anthony Quinn), a Romanian gentile peasant Read More »
Prometheus from the Island of Visevica AKA Prometej s otoka Visevice (1964) Vatroslav Mimica, Janez Vrhovec, Mira Sardoc, Slobodan Dimitrijevic
A middle-aged manager of a big-scale company pays visit to his native island with his wife Read More »
The Last Bridge AKA Die letzte Brücke (1954) Helmut Käutner, Maria Schell, Bernhard Wicki, Barbara Rütting
A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Serbian partisan during World War II. Read More »
Suleiman the Conqueror AKA Solimano il conquistatore (1961) Vatroslav Mimica, Mario Tota, Edmund Purdom, Giorgia Moll, Alberto Farnese
Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman’s attempts to conquer Vienna. Read More »
Bridge to Hell AKA Un ponte per l’inferno (1986) Umberto Lenzi, Andy J. Forest, Carlo Mucari, Paki Valente
Three prisoners from a Nazi prison camp (an American, an Italian and a German deserter) Read More »
The Wounds AKA Rane (1998) Srdjan Dragojevic, Dusan Pekic, Milan Maric, Dragan Bjelogrlic
This film follows two Belgrade youths on their rise to gangster legends in a decaying society. Read More »
Pejzazi u magli (1984) Jovan Jovanovic, Anamarija Petricevic, Ljubomir Todorovic, Tihomir Arsic
Naturalistic and almost documentary account of the heroin addicts in Belgrade Read More »
Rhythm of a Crime AKA Ritam zlocina (1981) Zoran Tadic, Ivica Vidovic, Fabijan Sovagovic, Bozidarka Frajt
A single teacher allows a stranger to share his home with him before it is to be torn down by developers. Read More »
Blackbird AKA Cavka (1988) Milos ‘Misa’ Radivojevic, Marko Ratic, Slobodan Negic, Aleksandar Bercek
Story about friendship between two boys coming from different social backgrounds, but with the equally bitter family experiences. Read More »
The Birch Tree AKA Breza (1967) Ante Babaja, Manca Kosir, Velimir ‘Bata’ Zivojinovic, Fabijan Sovagovic
Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn’t care for her. Read More »
The Long Ships (1963) Jack Cardiff, Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn
In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Read More »