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Balkan Express(1983)
Status: Released
Date: 1983-01-24
57%
20 Votes
Time: 1h 42m
A band whose music is a cover for survival.
Overview:
In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".
Languages: German, Serbo-Croatian.
Countries:
Yugoslavia
ProductionCompanies:
Inex film
Art film 80
Movie: Balkan Express
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić
Popaj
Borivoje Todorović
Pik
Tanja Bošković
Lili
Velimir Živojinović
Stojčić
Olivera Marković
Tetka
Radko Polič
Kapetan Ditrih
Toma Zdravković
Pevač
Branko Cvejić
Kosta
Bogdan Diklić
Ernest
Ratko Tankosić
Konobar
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Overview
In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".
Release Date
1983-01-24
Average
5.7
Rating:
2.9 startsTagline
A band whose music is a cover for survival.
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