
The Woman from Sarajevo
1980-07-02 · 110 min · ★ 7.0
The adaptation of a lesser known novel by Nobelist Ivo Andric, which describes the life of a spinster who was overwhelmed by a single passion: avarice.
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- Directors
- Vojtěch Jasný
- Production companies
- Jadran Film, Televizija Zagreb
- Countries
- Yugoslavia
- Status
- Released
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Heidelinde WeisRajka Radaković
Rade ŠerbedžijaVlado Ratko
Branko CvejićRafo Konforti
Jelisaveta 'Seka' SablićJovanka
Elfriede KuzmanyMajka
Dragan MilivojevićOtac
Relja Bašić
Helena Buljan
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