Better Than Escape (1993)
A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.
Top billed cast
Žarko LauševićAleksa Radman
Claire BeckmanStamena
Mirjana KaranovićRadmila
Aleksandar BerčekTale
Branislav 'Ciga' JerinićBata
Branko CvejićUpravnik pozorišta
Rahela FerariStamenina baba
Željka BašićPevačica- Radoslav KojčinovićOružar
Marko BaćovićTV reditelj
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