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Two Players from the Bench
Genres
Comedy
Overview
Ante and Dusko are two Dream Team players. Besides being a Croat and a Serb who fought on opposite sides in the war, both used to be volleyball players. Today, they live normal lives, one in a remote craggy region, the other in Banja Luka. There is little chance of them ever meeting again. The International War Crimes Tribunal in the Hague has indicted Colonel Skoko, a hero to some, a criminal to the others. The two main witnesses to his defense, Mato and Joso, have disappeared without a trace. Skoko's sponsor from the intelligence circles, Antisa, wants to find two men resembling Mato and Joso, to impersonate them before the Hague investigators, and hopefully bring down the indictments. Naturally, the two men he finds are none other than our heroes, Ante and Dusko.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
113 min
Release Date
2005-07-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Croatian
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6.4
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Goran Navojec
Ante Jukić
Borko Perić
Duško Katran
Tarik Filipović
Antiša
Dora Lipovčan
Stela
Renne Gjoni
The Hague Investigator
Rea Kamenski Bačun
Ingrid
Ana Marija Bokor
Prevoditeljica
Dražen Bratulić
Službenik Tribunala
Ivan Brkić
Švercer ljudima
Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'
Šminkerica
Mijo Debanić
Fotograf #2
Ištvan Filaković
Policajac
Nada Gaćešić-Livaković
Antina mama
Stephen John Hindlaugh
Novinar NCN-a
Vedran Mlikota
Katranov kum
Ksenija Pajić
Mira Vidušić
Nino Semialjac
Fotograf #1
Tomislav Štriga
Odvjetnik
Estera Strmecki
Pjevačica
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