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The Ambassador

The Ambassador

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Drama

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Vlado Miljkovic, a former member of the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, partisan fighter and retired ambassador, lives in his villa in Zagreb with his children whom he lost contact with, if he ever had one. His daughter Mickey is morbidly devoted to the worship of the cult of her dead mother, and attempts suicide in a state of distress; son Roni plays drums in a rock group and engages in a car theft, while the eldest son Mark has achieved a prestigious career as a doctor, but has problems with his demanding wife and asks father to borrow him money. Complex family relations in the ambassador's house bear witness to central heating repairman...

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

5/10

Release Date

10 July 1984

Country

Yugoslavia

Cast

Miodrag Radovanović

Miodrag Radovanović

Vlado Miljković

Elizabeta Kukić

Elizabeta Kukić

Miki

Fabijan Šovagović

Fabijan Šovagović

Majstor centralnog grijanja

Marija Kohn

Marija Kohn

Štefica

Željko Königsknecht

Željko Königsknecht

Roni

Vojislav Brajović

Vojislav Brajović

Mark

Nina Erak-Svrtan

Nina Erak-Svrtan

Markova supruga

Inge Appelt

Inge Appelt

Ana

Vanja Matujec

Vanja Matujec

Pjevačica rock sastava

Ljubomir 'Kiki' Kapor

Ljubomir 'Kiki' Kapor

Jurica Dijaković

Jurica Dijaković

Mate Ergović

Mate Ergović

Boris Kovačević

Boris Kovačević

Igor Hajdarhodžić

Igor Hajdarhodžić

Vesna Vrabec

Vesna Vrabec

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