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The Farm in the Small Marsh
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The Farm in the Small Marsh

1976-02-04 · 126 min · ★ 7.4

Drama · War

War arrives to a small secluded village in Vojvodina. The Germans take a group of hostages through the village and on their way molest a small boy. As revenge, the boy sets the German corn on fire. An intelligent and shrewd Gestapo officer Šicer arrives to investigate. He does not even suspect that he is up against a group of small boys, led by Milan and Vaso, and orders that all men from the village be taken to custody. He announces that one man will be shot each day unless the real culprit steps forward. Children contact the partisans.

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Directors
Branko Bauer
Production companies
Avala film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Slavko ŠtimacSlavko ŠtimacMilan Maljević
Miodrag RadovanovićMiodrag RadovanovićŠicer
Pavle VuisićPavle VuisićPaja
Renata UlmanskiRenata UlmanskiMajka
Miroljub LešoMiroljub LešoPera
Ljubomir ŽivanovićVasa
Milan KuruzovićBranko
Slobodan VelimirovićRiđi
Vojin KajganićSep
Dragoljub Milosavljević 'Gula'Velja
Ivan JagodićIvan JagodićPlavi paor
Stole AranđelovićStole AranđelovićSkeledžija
Božidar PavićevićBožidar PavićevićŠuca
Danilo 'Bata' StojkovićDanilo 'Bata' StojkovićDamjan
Danilo ČolićKomandant
Milivoje 'Mića' TomićBrica

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