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A Bloody Tale
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A Bloody Tale

1969-01-01 · 88 min · ★ 6.4

War

Memory of the victims of the Kragujevac massacre is described through the events that are related to a group of boys, shoe shiners. At that time, thousands of workers refused to work for the invaders, and the whole city was exposed to harsh repression and persecution of innocent citizens and the abolition of the regular rations of food.

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Directors
Branimir 'Tori' Janković
Production companies
Filmska Radna Zajednica (FRZ), Jugoslavija Film (RS)
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Zorica MiladinovićBila
Mira StupicaMira StupicaPiljakova majka
Milosav 'Mija' AleksićMilosav 'Mija' AleksićKum
Slobodan MladenovićPiljak
Dragan PetrovićGale
Velimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićVelimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićMarisav Petrović
Miodrag DabićZoki
Zoran PetrovićŠišmiš
Ljuba TadićLjuba TadićAdvokat Pavlović
Vasa PantelićVasa PantelićOtto von Bischofshausen
Dušan StefanovićSova
Ljubiša JovanovićLjubiša JovanovićLazar Pantelić
Ninoslav PetrovićDragan
Dragan JelićDule
Zoran MilenkovićLotar
Dragomir FelbaDragomir FelbaSeljak sa volom
Sreta StankovićKujilo
Toma ĐorđevićSlavče
Bratislav Stefanović
Jugoslav Barjaktarević

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