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Broad Are the Leaves
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Broad Are the Leaves

1981-04-02 · 106 min · ★ 6.8

War

The action takes place in 1943 and today, and a Partisan school in Srem is in the center of action. A young journalist gets appointed to shoot a film report about the participants in the Liberation War from this area. In Srem village she meets common, simple people. She discovers that a free territory and a Partisan school was there. She also finds out that everybody acted as one. Deply going through all of those events, young reporter grows mature, identifying herself with the revolution participants.

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Directors
Petar Latinović
Production companies
Neoplanta film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Bekim FehmiuBekim FehmiuBaja
Mira BanjacMira BanjacJovanka
Jadranka SelecJadranka SelecJara
Ksenija MartinovAnđa kao devojka
Ivan HajtlIvan HajtlDeda Vesa
Ljuba KulikovaRadmila
Ljubiša SamardžićLjubiša SamardžićMarko
Dušan JanićijevićDušan JanićijevićSreja
Adem ČejvanAdem ČejvanMrkšić
Tatjana LukjanovaAnđa kao starica
Milan MarodićMilenko
Zoran RadmilovićZoran RadmilovićMilan
Stevan GardinovačkiStevan GardinovačkiGavro
Toma JovanovićToma JovanovićMile
Slobodan DimitrijevićSlobodan DimitrijevićBranko
Dragutin KolesarPijanac
Stevan ŠalajićGuša
Radoslav 'Rale' MilenkovićRadoslav 'Rale' MilenkovićMladić
Dragomir PešićSiniša
Bogoljub PetrovićBogoljub PetrovićMajstor svetla

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