Branko Pleša — Actor (7)

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Bomba u 10 i 10 (1967)
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Caslav Damjanovic actor: 乔治·蒙哥马利 / Rada Djuricin …
other title: 10点10分炸弹袭击 / Bomb at 10:10 …
An American pilot escapes from a POW camp and links up with Yugoslav partisans. He’s about to head back to Allied lines when he learns that the Partisans are plotting to assassinate the camp commander. He joins in the plot, aiming for revenge.

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The Damned Thing (1975)
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other title: Prokletinja
Doctor who lived at the edge of a swamp was found murdered with his neck slaughtered. Investigator, together with a jury made ​​up of local farmers, comes into the doctor's cabin and tries to discover the cause of his death. The two sources may be of any help: a diary of the doctor, and the testimony of a journalist, the doctor's friend, who was with him at the moment of death. Based on the Ambrose Bierce novel with the same name.

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The Dervish and Death (1974)
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other title: Derviš i smrt / Der Derwisch und der Tod …
Ahmet Nurudin is a dervish and head of the Islamic monastery of the Mevlevi order in Sarajevo. He is a personification of morale and dogmatic belief, everything that Muslim religion of the Ottoman rule rests on. Throughout his life, the atmosphere of the city, the relations with the judge and the mechanism of government, the image of Ottoman Empire at the beginning of the nineteenth century is being revealed. Based on a highly praised novel by Meša Selimović.

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Square of Violence (1963)
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列奥纳多·贝尔科维奇 actor: 布罗德里克·克劳福德 / Valentina Cortese …
other title: 广场大屠杀 / La nuit des otages …
Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944. Crawford plays here a doctor whose son has been shot by the Germans. Of course he has no more taste in life. He continues his work as a German officers' physician. One day, he throws a bomb just in the middle of German troops. Many soldiers and officers are killed. Some time later, the lead officer of the Nazis troops suspects the doctor to be the responsible of the explosion. He lets him know that he himself knows...

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Lilika (1970)
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other title: 莉莉卡 / Лилика
1970年瑞士洛迦诺国际电影节最佳影片金豹奖. A young teenage girl is sent to an orphanage when she becomes too much for her mother to handle. Lilika (Dragana Kalaba) is sent to the institution after her mother (Tamara Miletic) discovers she is stealing fruit from the local market. She is very protective of her younger brother and a mentally challenged friend, and takes a liking to her counselor (Branko Plesa). She dreams of having an ordinary life and escaping the juvenile home she regards as a prison. Lilika fantasizes about her future as she hopes for a way out of the orphanage. Eleven years old girl, daughter of a woman affected by war, feels she is unneeded in life of her foster father and her mother. From cruel environment and twisted family, the judge and the jury will find House of correction as her only way out, which she doesn't regard as new home, but as penal servitude for children.

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The march of Drina (1964)
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other title: 德里纳河进行曲 / Marš na Drinu …
The title, translated to english, is "The march of Drina". This Yugoslav film is most notable for it's topic, handling of the same and circumstances. The film was made during the communist era of Yugoslavia. Unlike 99% of war movies made during that time, this one doesn't deal with WW2 and communist revolution, but a historic and epic battle of WW1. The topic was handled excellently, it was very authentic. For that reason, the film was "shunned" by the official TVs and movie theaters for years. The topic of this film is the first battle of WW1 that was won by the allies, when small and outnumbered army of Serbian Kingdom defeated Austro-Hungarian invading forces. The plot revolves around a small artillery section, the men and their lives. The cast was excellent and they did their job superbly. Historically, battles of Drina and Cer, in Serbia, were the first two victories in WW1. Unfortunately, overwhelmed by the invaders, serbian army had to retreat all the way to Greece and wait there until the allies were ready to open the front at Solun. If you've seen Gallipoly, you should see this film as well. Mind you, this film is in serbian, so you should find a version for your country (preferably not synchronized).