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Before the War
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Before the War

1966-06-15 · 91 min · ★ 6.2

Comedy

Engineer Maric finds out about an affair between his wife Rina and his best friend, a lawyer Novakovic. Maric leaves the house with suicidal intentions. At the big funeral, Novakovic consoles unfortunate Rina, while in the funeral procession a whole bunch of suspicious people try to claim close relations with the deceased one in order to get hold of a piece of his inheritance.

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Directors
Vuk Babić
Production companies
Avala film
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Slobodan 'Cica' PerovićSlobodan 'Cica' PerovićInžinjer Mateja Marić
Sonja HlebšSonja HlebšRina
Velimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićVelimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićGospodin Novaković
Nikola SimićNikola SimićLjubomir Protić
Milivoje ŽivanovićAgaton Arsić
Snežana NikšićSnežana NikšićVukica
Milosav 'Mija' AleksićMilosav 'Mija' AleksićProka
Branka VeselinovićGina
Milan AjvazMilan AjvazTanasije
Nevenka MikulićVida
Žarko MitrovićTrifun
Mira StupicaMira StupicaSarka
Ljubiša JovanovićLjubiša JovanovićMinistar Policije
Slavko SimićSlavko SimićRadikal
Petar KraljPetar KraljSlužbenik

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