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Celestial Body

Celestial Body

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When two enemy sides ex-change the captives in the middle of a minefield, a nameless man without identity and memory, subsequently named Jakov, leaves the column unnoticed and wanders around in order to minimize other people's sufferings. On his dangerous journey, he meets a female first-fighter who runs an orphanage, a commander who got back from Foreign legion and runs a defense line from a disco club, and goes through many other adventures only to end up in the endless backwaters of the Neretva river where war threats to arrive.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Croatian

Runtime

81 mins

Rating

4.2/10

Release Date

01 January 2000

Country

Croatia

Cast

Filip Nola

Filip Nola

Jakov Ribar

Filip Šovagović

Filip Šovagović

Major Uzelac

Barbara Nola

Barbara Nola

Lucija

Leon Lučev

Leon Lučev

Johnny

Ivo Gregurević

Ivo Gregurević

Škaričić

Goran Grgić

Goran Grgić

Senna

Lucija Šerbedžija

Lucija Šerbedžija

Iva

Leona Paraminski

Leona Paraminski

Jelena

Predrag 'Pređo' Vušović

Predrag 'Pređo' Vušović

Hans

Ksenija Marinković

Ksenija Marinković

Mrvica

Igor Mešin

Igor Mešin

Rudi

Inge Appelt

Inge Appelt

Doktorica

Marinko Prga

Marinko Prga

Legija

Tsesenjan Nyamdelgar

Tsesenjan Nyamdelgar

Dužnosnik CK

Rene Bitorajac

Rene Bitorajac

Zapovjednik

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