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Djuka Begovic
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Djuka Begovic

1991-07-01 · 90 min · ★ 6.8

Drama

After spending 13 years in prison, forty-year-old Đuka Begović returns to his ancestral home in Slavonia. He makes a promise to his mother that he will begin a new and honest life. He finds new meaning in taking care of his daughter Smilja. He tries to chase away destructive thoughts that threaten to overwhelm him by throwing himself into hard work. However, everything around him reminds him of his past and his family's tragic destiny. His family was wealthy at the beginning of the twentieth century, but was destroyed by the capitalist powers that took over the villages and broke the traditional family cooperatives.

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Directors
Branko Schmidt
Production companies
Zagreb Film, Hrvatska Radiotelevizija
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Slobodan ĆustićSlobodan ĆustićĐuka Begović
Fabijan ŠovagovićFabijan ŠovagovićSima
Asja JovanovićAsja JovanovićLjubica
Filip ŠovagovićFilip ŠovagovićIlja
Urška HlebecJagoda
Krunoslav SenčićĐuka kao dječak
Zaim MuzaferijaIlarija Begović
Perica MartinovićPerica MartinovićRuža
Nataša Tič RalijanNataša Tič RalijanSmilja
Mustafa NadarevićMustafa NadarevićMata
Helena BuljanHelena BuljanMara
Zoran PokupecRoth
Željko VukmiricaŽeljko VukmiricaAndra
Stjepan BahertŽupnik
Milan JovanovićGlišo

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