Happy New '49 (1986)

The story of two brothers of different orientation and fate. The drama takes place in an atmosphere of tension and fear, during the conflict of Yugoslav Communist Party with the Stalinism, during the Cominform. Older brother Dragoslav, a returnee from Russia, was unjustly accused of being a Russian spy and subsequently arrested. Younger brother Kosta is not interested in politics, but he's attracted by a brother's wife Vera and underworld mafia. In the end, it turns out that a young woman belongs to the Soviet spy agency.

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Action
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Top billed cast

Svetozar CvetkovićKosta Kovachevski
Meto JovanovskiDragoslav Kovachevski
Vladislava MilosavljevićVera Gjorgjeska
Aco GjorčevStojan
Petar ArsovskiBurger
Goce TodorovskiTodor
Sinolička TrpkovaNale
Kire SimonovskiKole
Dušan KostovskiDile Jorgachev
Mite GrozdanovIslednikot

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