''The End of the War'' ( sr, Kraj rata, Крај рата) is a 1984 Yugoslav
war film
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directed by
Dragan Kresoja.
The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
57th Academy Awards
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, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
At the end of
World War II
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, a Serbian man takes his son to find and kill five members of the Croatian
Ustaše
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militia who tortured and killed his wife and mother.
Cast
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Bata Živojinović
Velimir "Bata" Živojinović ( sr-Cyrl, Велимир "Бата" Живојиновић; 5 June 1933 – 22 May 2016) was a Yugoslav and Serbian actor and politician. He appeared in more than 340 films and TV series, and is regarded as one of ...
as Bajo Lazarević
* Marko Ratić as Vukole Lazarević
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Gorica Popović
Gorica Popović ( sr-cyr, Горица Поповић; born 13 August 1952) is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress. She was also a former member of the rock band Suncokret
Suncokret ( sr-cyr, Сунцокрет; trans. ''Sunflower'') ...
as Milka Lazarević
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Neda Arnerić
Neda Arnerić ( sr-cyr, Неда Арнерић; 15 July 1953 – 10 January 2020) was a Serbian film, stage and television actress, and politician. A graduate art historian, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography.
Personal ...
as Nadica Vukelić
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Aleksandar Berček
Aleksandar Berček ( sr-cyr, Александар Берчек; born 4 September 1950) is a Serbian actor. He performed in more than one hundred films since 1971. He graduated at the Academy for theater, film, radio and television. He was the dir ...
as Bora Živaljević
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Radko Polič
Radko Polič (18 August 1942 – 15 September 2022) was a Slovenian theatre, television and film actor.
Biography
Born in Črnomelj, Polič's family moved to Belgrade in 1945 and then to West Berlin in 1949 before returning to Slovenia and set ...
as Kristijan
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Miroljub Lešo as Jozo
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Bogdan Diklić
Bogdan Diklić ( sr-Cyrl, Богдан Диклић; born 1 August 1953) is a Serbian actor. He has been active since the late 1970s and starred in over one hundred Yugoslav films and television series. Diklić made ten films with director Goran ...
as Alojzije Zadro
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Josif Tatić
Josif Tatić (13 April 1946 – 8 February 2013) was a Serbian film actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1967 to 2011.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
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1946 birt ...
as Hasko
* Miloš Kandić as Vijuk
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Milivoje Tomić
Milivoje "Mića" Tomić (10 February 1920 – 23 August 2000) was a Serbian actor.
Tomić won numerous awards during his career, including the " Pavle Vuisic" Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
Selected filmography
References
External lin ...
as Old Man
See also
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References
External links
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1984 films
1980s war films
Yugoslav war drama films
Yugoslav World War II films
Serbian war drama films
1980s Serbian-language films
Serbian World War II films
Films about revenge
Films set in Yugoslavia
Films shot in Serbia
War films set in Partisan Yugoslavia
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