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Two Players from the Bench
Two Players from the Bench

Two Players from the Bench

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Comedy

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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.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Croatian

Runtime

113 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

22 July 2005

Country

Croatia

Cast

Goran Navojec

Goran Navojec

Ante Jukić

Borko Perić

Borko Perić

Duško Katran

Tarik Filipović

Tarik Filipović

Antiša

Dora Lipovčan

Dora Lipovčan

Stela

Renne Gjoni

Renne Gjoni

The Hague Investigator

Rea Kamenski Bačun

Rea Kamenski Bačun

Ingrid

Ana Marija Bokor

Ana Marija Bokor

Prevoditeljica

Dražen Bratulić

Dražen Bratulić

Službenik Tribunala

Ivan Brkić

Ivan Brkić

Švercer ljudima

Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'

Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'

Šminkerica

Mijo Debanić

Mijo Debanić

Fotograf #2

Ištvan Filaković

Ištvan Filaković

Policajac

Nada Gaćešić-Livaković

Nada Gaćešić-Livaković

Antina mama

Stephen John Hindlaugh

Stephen John Hindlaugh

Novinar NCN-a

Vedran Mlikota

Vedran Mlikota

Katranov kum

Ksenija Pajić

Ksenija Pajić

Mira Vidušić

Nino Semialjac

Nino Semialjac

Fotograf #1

Tomislav Štriga

Tomislav Štriga

Odvjetnik

Estera Strmecki

Estera Strmecki

Pjevačica

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