Charles Millot
Also Known As: Velja Milojevic, Charles Milot, Veljko Milojević
Biography: Charles Millot (born Veljko Milojević; 23 December 1921 – 6 October 2003) was a Yugoslav-born French actor who made many film appearances over a 35-year period. His notable film appearances include: The Train (1964), The Night of the Generals (1967), Waterloo (1970) as Marquis de Grouchy, French Connection II (1975), The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) and Eye of the Widow (1991). He died aged 81 on 6 October 2003 in Paris, France. Source: Article "Charles Millot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Novi Pavljani, Croatia
Adult: No
Birthday: December 23, 1921
Age: 103 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 06, 2003
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The Train
Overview: As the Allied forces approach Paris in August 1944, German Colonel Von Waldheim is desperate to take all of France's greatest paintings to Germany. He manages to secure a train to transport the valuable art works even as the chaos of retreat descends upon them. The French resistance however wants to stop them from stealing their national treasures but have received orders from London that they are not to be destroyed. The station master, Labiche, is tasked with scheduling the train and making it all happen smoothly but he is also part of a dwindling group of resistance fighters tasked with preventing the theft. He and others stage an elaborate ruse to keep the train from ever leaving French territory.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-24
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The Great Spy Chase
Overview: A cold-war spy parody. After the death of an armaments manufacturer, an international group of spies is drawn into a high-stakes battle of wits to obtain the valuable military patents which have been inherited by the lovely widow.
Genres: Comedy Action Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-12-10
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The Cry of the Owl
Overview: Robert is an architect and artist, in Vichy after separating from his Parisian wife. Robert finds it calms him to stand in the shadows of the home of Juliette and Patrick and watch her cook. She thinks he's a prowler and confronts him, then invites him in...
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-10-28
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The Eye of the Monocle
Overview: In 1943, a German commando conceals a large quantity of gold in an undersea cave on the coast of Corsica. Years later, Schlumpf, the sole survivor of the commando, returns to Corsica to recuperate the treasure -- with British and Soviet spies on his heels, and closely monitored by Dromard, from the French intelligence services. The monocled Dromard is convinced that he can outfox his opponents, but difficulties accumulate: despite his plump appearance, Herr Schlumpf is a sly fellow; Corsica is teeming with treasure hunters from various nationalities; and all parties readily resort to unnatural alliances, brazen treachery, and strong-arm tactics. Who will get the treasure?
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-11-14
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Take It from the Top
Overview: Tired of being a housewife, Annie wants to work. Between her professional life and her responsibilities as a parent, she can no longer cope. She decides to leave and starts writing a memoir of her life...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-09
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OSS 117 tue le taon
Overview: An American traveling in Europe suddenly disappears, and his daughter, married to an eminent scientist, receives a letter asking her to go to Antwerp, which she does with her young son. Both are about to disappear. OSS 117 is asked by his superiors to solve these mysterious disappearances.
Genres: Crime Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-11-13
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Trans-Europ-Express
Overview: A movie producer, director and assistant take the Trans-Europ-Express from Paris to Antwerp. They get the idea for a movie about a drug smuggler on their train and visualize it while taping the script.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-12-31
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The Red Shade
Overview: The time is the 1930s and two Soviet spies (both Frenchmen by nationality) have been helping Communist factions during the Civil War in Spain. It is the time of Stalin's iron rule in the USSR, and the two agents are suddenly called to Moscow by the KGB. Knowing that they are in trouble for no fault of their own, fear drives one of them to suicide while the other gets his lover and her child and begins a run for his life, knowing that the KGB will never let him go free.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-10-28
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The Great Escape II: The Untold Story
Overview: Allied prisoners tunnel out of a stalag, then return to avenge fellow escapees executed by the Nazis.
Genres: TV Movie War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-05
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The Sleeping Car Murder
Overview: Six people travel by train overnight from Marseilles to Paris. When the train arrives at its destination, one of the passengers, a girl, is found dead in a sleeping berth. The police led by Inspector Grazzi investigate the other five passengers, suspecting that one of them was responsible. However, as the investigation is stepped up, the other passengers start turning up dead. It is then up to the last remaining two to solve the case, before they become the next victims.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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Waterloo
Overview: After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The best of the British generals, the Duke of Wellington, beat Napolean's best generals in Spain and Portugal, but now must beat Napoleon himself with an Anglo Allied army.
Genres: History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-26
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Agent 38-24-36
Overview: A Russian spy is sent out to steal sensitive information from NATO about military mobilization. Without much intelligence of his own, the distrusted agent of Soviet intelligence needs all the help he can get from his "talented" partner Penelope Lightfeather as they scatter around the French countryside for secret rendez-vous' while trying to avoid being caught by counter intelligence agents and distrustful communist operatives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-03-12
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The Lone One Takes the Offensive
Overview: A powerful bomb is stolen and is set to explode in a populated area in less than 48 hours, unless French S.S. Agente, Roger Hanin can find and defuse it in time. Larry Anderson.
Genres: Adventure Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-06-30
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The Secret Life of Nikola Tesla
Overview: Life and times of Nikola Tesla, famous scientist whose inventions were stolen, but whose greatest contribution to mankind remain a mystery to this day.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1980-02-19
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The Man to Kill
Overview: After the murder of the Russian Emperor Peter III, who was succeeded by Empress Catherine, Satan decides that the balance between good and evil on Earth has been destabilized. In order to set things right, he sends his representative to Earth - the teacher Farfa, who bears an unusual resemblance to Peter III. His mission is to seize power from the old Duke of Montenegro, and then to take back the Russian throne as Peter III. The people of Montenegro accept Farfa as their new leader, and he proclaims himself the new Emperor, Scepan Mali, successfully resisting an invasion by the Turks. Farfa is touched by the Montenegrins' kindness and courage, falls in love with the beautiful Elfa, and fails to follow Satan's plan. Not one to be crossed, Satan sets out to kill him.
Genres: Fantasy History Drama Horror
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1979-03-28
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The Falcon
Overview: Banović Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is hunting, a Turkish bandit, Alija, attacks his castle. The Turks kill his servants and kidnap his beloved Andja. When he discovers what has happened, Strahinja gathers a together a group of scoundrels and chases the bandits.
Genres: History Drama Action
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-03-29
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Anno Domini 1573
Overview: Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to death in order to provide defence against the Turks. But, the worst things were arrogant local feudal lords led by Franjo Tahi who were oppresing the common folk. All that led to the great peasant revolt of 1573. The movie is made for the 400th anniversary of the event.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1975-11-14
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The Crazy Capo Affair
Overview: Jean Diserens has a double life: he's a property developer and... drug dealer. He's looking for a new way to sell it. But his superior, Crazy Capo, doesn't see things the same way.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-09-09
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The Red and the Black
Overview: This film is the true story of the creation of Labin Republic in 1921. When Italy annexed Istria, Labin area that is very rich in coal became strategically important for the new government. Domestic Croatian and Slovene population were disappointed by the method of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia of selling foreigners. Accumulated social problems and the growing terror of Italians lead to great miners' strike, led by favorite union leader Ivan Pipan. The strikers will be join young miner Ive Blazina, who as commander of the Red Guard workers struggles for the mining republic and the love of beautiful Mary Brezac. The sudden intervention of the Italian army destroys their dreams, and resigned Pipan surrenders. But not everyone agrees with his behavior.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1985-05-25
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Les Rosenberg ne doivent pas mourir
Overview: A French film about a famous American trial - that of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who became the first people in American history to receive the death penalty for espionage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-05-24
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OSS 117 Is Not Dead
Overview: OSS 117 is asked for help by a female acquaintance Muriel Rousset. She beseeches him to retrieve secret documents which have been stolen from Sir Anthony Lead, the father of Anita and Marion. He complies with her wish and no obstacle or danger can hinder him from meeting her expectations.
Genres: Action Adventure Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1957-08-14
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The Day That Shook the World
Overview: An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1975-10-31
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Great Transport
Overview: This WW2 epic was one of the last movies of that kind made in former Yugoslavia. It tells the true story of great transport of Partizans from Vojvodina to Bosnia in 1943.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1983-07-04
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Arsène Lupin vs. Arsène Lupin
Overview: André Laroche, an industrialist, has just passed away. Face to his grave, as he is being buried, Anne de Vierne, the wife of a magistrate, confesses to her son François that Laroche was in fact Lupin and that he is his natural child. But he is not the gentleman thief's only offspring! Lupin had indeed another son by a housemaid, Gérard Dagmar, a dancer, magician and - occasionally - burglar. Which complicates the task of François who, to respect the last wishes of the testator, has gone in search of the treasure of Poldavia. For he keeps finding Gérard on his way and his efforts are constantly thwarted by his half-brother. Will Gérard prevent François from becoming the worthy successor to their father or will the two young men decide to join forces? That is the question.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-08-29
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L'Exécution
Overview: Paris, at the start of the German Occupation, five men plan to sabotage a factory.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-01-29
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Requiem pour un caïd
Overview: Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-07-25
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Operation Diplomatic Passport
Overview: The daughter of a foreign diplomat in Paris is courted by two men. One of them entrusts her with a harmless commission for Poland, as she has a diplomatic passport. But it's a trap, and the girl is forced to work for Eastern spies.
Genres: Action Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1965-03-31
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Playing with Fire
Overview: A banker hires a seedy detective to find his daughter and keep her safe from kidnappers.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-02-19
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High Voltage
Overview: After WW II many young people arrive to Zagreb, among them a young worker Sonja Kacar. She is supposed to participate in the construction of the first generator in the Rade Koncar factory. Because there aren't enough experts and materials in Yugoslavia, the factory counts on help from fellow communist countries, Czechoslovakia and Soviet Union. However, after the Inform Bureau's resolution this help is no longer available. Sonja experiences a great intimate disappointment because Stjepan, who she is in love with, supports Stalin.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1981-02-23
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French Connection II
Overview: "Popeye" Doyle travels to Marseilles to find Alain Charnier, the drug smuggler that eluded him in New York.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-05-18
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Line of Sight
Overview: Pedro returns to the castle of his childhood, inhabited by his uncle, an indifferent being who scarcely notices his presence. At the castle, Pedro wanders between the park and the salons, playing the songs he composed on the guitar. He notices strange people around the castle.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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The Pine Tree in the Mountain
Overview: Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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La nuit bulgare
Overview: A youngish sales employee of a computer firm is blackmailed into helping a group of mysterious Bulgarian industrialists who have come to his office. A government contract is being sought for a businessman who is in danger of bankruptcy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-04-20
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The Donator
Overview: A war drama about a German officer's search for a priceless art collection.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1989-06-13
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Detective Story
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-10-30
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The Mysterious Death of Nina Chereau
Overview: A woman accused of murder escapes an asylum and her psychiatrist tries to find her.
Genres: Horror Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1988-08-24
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The Night of the Generals
Overview: A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Thriller Mystery War Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-29
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Angel's Bite
Overview: A lighthouse keeper lives on an isolated island together with his wife, ailing father and retarded sister. News of a serial killer stalking the isolated lighthouses makes him leave in order to hunt him down. In the meantime, the wife meets a mysterious and seductive stranger.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1984-07-10
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Mayerling
Overview: Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-31
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Bloodline
Overview: A pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious accident, and soon finds herself surrounded by ruthless board members and grasping family members who will seemingly stop at nothing to profit.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-29
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A Young World
Overview: A freelance photographer falls in love with a French medical student and becomes pregnant. Faced with the situation, he pressures her to have an abortion, even sleeping with an older woman for money. She later decides to keep the baby.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-03-25
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The Nun
Overview: In eighteenth-century France, a girl is forced against her will to take vows as a nun. Three mothers superior treat her in radically different ways, ranging from maternal concern, to sadistic persecution, to lesbian desire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-05-06
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Bang Bang
Overview: Sheila's uncle has just died; many of his relatives come, but,much to their displeasure, it's his niece who inherits his private detective agency. But she must first go through a training in a school: gymnastic, assault course, machine gun shooting; she must also learn how to cheat at card games .Her first mission is to find back gangster La Rafale's fiancee, Genevieve, who ran away with another gang. She meets a handsome Interpol lieutenant she falls in love with.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-05-18
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Until Hell Is Frozen
Overview: A drama that chronicles the heroic endeavors of POWs trapped within a Russian prison camp in 1950 and their attempts to escape.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1961-02-21
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Triple Cross
Overview: A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
Genres: Adventure War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-09
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Taste of Life
Overview: Elvio Battistini works as a ticket taker in the local cinema of the small town where he lives. He has a prosthesis in one leg, the result of an accident, but he tells anyone who will listen it is a war injury. Giuseppe Mondardini, is also an older man living alone in what was the splendid family home. When Elvio and Giuseppe meet, they hit it off immediately. A trip to a cooler area is in order, so Mordardini unveils his ancient automobile.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-12-22
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Two Men in Town
Overview: A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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The Adolescent
Overview: In the summer of 1939, 13-year-old Marie goes with her parents to visit her grandparents in a small town near Avignon. Marie discovers her femininity and falls for a young Jewish doctor, but he prefers Eva, Marie's mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-01-24
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Promise at Dawn
Overview: A single mother raises her son in impossible circumstances first in Leningrad, then Krakow, and then France, and is over-ambitious about him but never gives in.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-25
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Stray Bullets
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Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-13
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Lien de parenté
Overview: In this drama, the popular French film star of the '30s and '40s Jean Marais plays Victor, a disgruntled, cranky old man who is forced to come to terms with the fact that he is now the guardian of his mulatto grandson Clem (Serge Ubrette). Victor is shocked to discover his grandson's mixed heritage when he travels to London to pick him up, but resigns himself to the situation. Once at home in France, the brash Clem manages to steal the heart of the most coveted young woman in town, but that only gets him into trouble with her tough-guy boyfriend and his buddies. Meanwhile, Grandpa is trying to come to grips with his own biases as best he can.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-03-19
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Overview: Successful surgeon Tomas leaves Prague for an operation, meets a young photographer named Tereza, and brings her back with him. Tereza is surprised to learn that Tomas is already having an affair with the bohemian Sabina, but when the Soviet invasion occurs, all three flee to Switzerland. Sabina begins an affair, Tom continues womanizing, and Tereza, disgusted, returns to Czechoslovakia. Realizing his mistake, Tomas decides to chase after her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-02-05
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The Battle of Neretva
Overview: In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: sh
Release Date: 1969-10-07
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The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Overview: A special United Nations bureau organises a campaign to trace a drug-smuggling ring across Europe to its source on the Afghanistan-Iran border.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-20
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