Fliers of the Open Skies (1977)
Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.
Top billed cast
Boris DvornikTomo- Jasna Ivićdjevojčica Marija
Zvonko LepetićBačvar- Ramiz Pašićdječak Ante
Milan ŠtrljićVito
Zvonimir TorjanacPetar- Ivica PajerŠimun
- Raniero BruminiGlista
- Antun VrbenskiUčitelj
Karlo BulićPave, deda koji sjedi na trgu
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