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The deserter

Genre:
Drama, Romance

Director:
Zivojin Pavlovic

Short description:
Two friends, Pavle Trusic and Aleksa Veljacic, Yugoslav Army officers, once in love with the same woman, now Trusic's wife, meet again during the civil war - Trusic as a refugee from Vukovar, and Veljacic as a military judge. Their encounter occurs under dramtic circumstances, ending with death of Trusic's nine years old daughter, for whom it is not known whether her father is Aleksa or Trusic. The drama becomes a new love plot around a daughter of a deserter, and ends with tragedy.

Producer:
Centar film, Beograd, RTV Beograd, TRZ Podium, Beograd

Writer:
Snezana Lukic, Zivojin Pavlovic

Music:
Predrag Vranesevic, Mladen Vranesevic

Cinematographer:
Aleksandar Petkovic

Production design:
Dragoljub Ivkov

Costume design:
Mirjana Ostojic

Country of origin:
Srbija

Film editing:
Ljiljana (Lana) Vukobratovic, Olga Krsljanin (Skrigin)

Duration:
109 minutes

System:
Widescreen, color

Premiere:
15.6.1992.



Cast:

Branko Cvejic
Dusan Janicijevic
Gorica Popovic
Janez Vrhovec
Kristina Vukicevic
Marina Markovic
Milena Pavlovic
Mirko Babic
Rade Serbedzija
Rados Bajic
Renata Ulmanski
Svetozar Cvetkovic

Film database is created as a joint effort of following companies and organizations: "Balkan Media GmbH" Mannheim, Germany, " Balkanmedia d.o.o." Beograd, Yugoslavia
We are grateful to: "Avala Film Beograd", "Delta Video Beograd", "Centar film Beograd", Jugoslovenska Kinoteka, Institut za film Beograd