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Red Wheat
Red Wheat

Red Wheat

Genres

Drama

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An ex-partisan and current political activist sets out to Styria region in Slovenia to buy out the wheat from peasants and convince them to form the farming collective. His ostensible success (based on blackmailing rather than convincing), as well as his love defeat, make him disturbed and he kills an innocent man while performing a social mission.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Slovenian

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

6.2/10

Release Date

28 December 1970

Country

Yugoslavia

Cast

Rade Šerbedžija

Rade Šerbedžija

Južek Hedl

Majda Potokar

Majda Potokar

Zefa

Majda Grbac

Majda Grbac

Hana

Irena Glonar

Irena Glonar

Tunika

Arnold Tovornik

Arnold Tovornik

Jože Zupan

Jože Zupan

Jože Štafela

Jože Štafela

Milutin Negode

Milutin Negode

Angelca Hlebce

Angelca Hlebce

Aktivistka Liza

Jože Samec

Jože Samec

Marjan Bačko

Marjan Bačko

Boris Kočevar

Boris Kočevar

Silva Danilova

Silva Danilova

Lojze Sadar

Lojze Sadar

Ladislav Panovec

Ladislav Panovec

Maks Furijan

Maks Furijan

Ivan Jezernik

Ivan Jezernik

Sonja Blaž

Sonja Blaž

Matjaž Turk

Matjaž Turk

Franc Uršič

Franc Uršič

Alojz Kostanjevac

Alojz Kostanjevac

Franjo Gružnar

Franjo Gružnar

Boris Brunčko

Boris Brunčko

Ivo Leskovec

Ivo Leskovec

Inko Hanzič

Inko Hanzič

Dušan Mevlja

Dušan Mevlja

Tonja Rojc Ponebšek

Tonja Rojc Ponebšek

Franjo Blaž

Franjo Blaž

Nace Kekec

Nace Kekec

Milena Godina

Milena Godina

Anica Bajkot

Anica Bajkot

Olga Fritz

Olga Fritz

Roman Lovrič

Roman Lovrič

Milena Muhič

Milena Muhič

Stane Potisk

Stane Potisk

Janez Rohaček

Janez Rohaček

Alja Tkačeva

Alja Tkačeva

Franjo Vičar

Franjo Vičar

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