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Idealistic young man supports the party and the new Yugoslavia's communist regime, but soon gets involved in various political and criminal machinations becoming more and more confused about what's right and what's wrong.
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Ivica Vidović Milena Dravić Severin Bijelić Slobodan Aligrudić Pavle Vuisić Dragomir Felba Branko Milićević Mirjana Blašković Mirjana Nikolić Milivoje Mića Tomić Alenka Rančić Branko Obradović Rastislav Jović Milorad Majić Dušan Tadić Ljubomir Ćipranić Branislav 'Ciga' Milenković Gizela Vuković Predrag 'Preža' Milinković Miodrag Andrić Milan Jelić Vojislav Mićović Petar Lupa Marko Nikolić Dušanka 'Duda' Antonijević Ljiljana Jovanović Branko Petković Slobodan Aleksić Damjan Klašnja Siniša Glogovac Ljubo Škiljević
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