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The Escape
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The Escape

1987-01-01 · 91 min · ★ 6.6

Drama · War

The tragic story of a group of prisoners, ordinary people, were detained in the camp at Lager in Naise at the beginning of WWII, after that mighty torture and abuse by the Germans, will try escape from the camp. A few succeeded.

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Production details

Directors
Miomir 'Miki' Stamenković
Production companies
Centar film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Tihomir ArsićStevan
Tatjana BeljakovaOlga Zarić
Ljiljana BlagojevićLjiljana BlagojevićSmilja
Bogdan DiklićBogdan DiklićNemački narednik
Ljiljana ĐokovićLjubica
Elizabeta ĐorevskaLila / Elza
Milan ĐurđevićProfesor
Svetislav 'Bule' GoncićSvetislav 'Bule' GoncićGojko Zarić
Mirjana KodžićMirjana KodžićMara
Ranko KovačevićRanko KovačevićAgent
Miodrag 'Miki' KrstovićMiodrag 'Miki' KrstovićMitar Živić
Bojana MaljevićBojana MaljevićJelena Zarić
Dragoljub MarkovićBerberin
Mladen NedeljkovićMoca
Neda Osmokrović

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