Show Drama War & Politics
With WWI finally ending in 1918, Croatian journalist Kresimir Horvat travels from Zagreb to his village of Vucjak in Zagorje and becomes a witness of history as Austria-Hungarian Empire dissolves.
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Rade Šerbedžija Mustafa Nadarević Milena Dravić Mira Furlan Đuro Utješanović Zvonko Lepetić Miljenko Brlečić Stevo Krnjajić Edo Peročević Zvonimir Ferenčić Drago Mitrović Duško Gruborović Ivica Zadro Dominik Zen Dražen Nikolić Danilo Popržen Dragutin Lešnik Božidar Smiljanić Dragan Milivojević Slobodan Milovanović Gordan Piculjan Mladen Šerment Perica Martinović Ivan Lovriček Ljubo Čelan Miodrag Krivokapić Božidar Alić Zdravka Krstulović Mladen Vasary Zijad Gračić Duško Valentić Zdenka Heršak Predrag 'Pređo' Vušović Otokar Levaj Boris Dvornik Dragan Despot Semka Sokolović-Bertok Emil Glad Boris Miholjević Relja Bašić Drago Meštrović Danko Ljuština Olga Kacjan Veronika Kovačić Slavko Brankov Darko Ćurdo Ljudevit Galić Ivica Katić Branko Supek Mira Singer Damir Mejovšek Vladimir Bošnjak Predrag Petrović Zoran Ćirić Ivo Serdar Fabijan Šovagović Vlatko Dulić Mate Ergović Izet Hajdarhodžić Zlatko Crnković Špiro Guberina Pavle Bogdanović Bogdan Diklić Vladimir Krstulović Nina Erak-Svrtan Ivo Fici Darko Srića Velimir Chytil Jadranka Džumrukčić Angel Palašev Mladen Crnobrnja Miladinka Rackov Rade Belić Vili Matula Marina Nemet Lena Politeo Zvonko Strmac Pavle Balenović Vladimir Obleščuk Božidar Trakić Milan Plećaš Krešimir Zidarić Slavica Knežević Cynthia Ashperger Mirjana Bohanec Zvonimir Zoričić Sabrija Biser Ivo Rogulja Sreten Mokrović Ilija Smoljanović Ksenija Pajić Dobrila Biser Josip Marotti Željko Königsknecht Antun Nalis Ljiljana Bogojević Mirko Švec Igor Serdar Ivan Novak Andrea Baković Marija Aleksić Zvonimir Jurić Mladen Čutura Vladimir Leib Saša Violić Antun Tudić Ivanka Čučilović Tomislav Dovečer Vinka Krnić Dina Daud Vjenceslav Kapural Zdenko Jelčić Ante Rumora Tomislav Ralis Nevenka Petković-Sobjeslavski Čedo Martinić Žarko Potočnjak
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