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Promised Land

Promised Land

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Drama

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Settlers from infertile parts of Yugoslavia, arrive to rich Slavonia and Baranja. There they are faced with the decree of the Communist government by which they will be left without the land that they received in the process of collectivization just a year ago. The peasants fiercely resist the government's decision. Milisa Matic is a peasant who fights against the establishment of peasant cooperatives because in that case many peasants would lose their newly acquired land. The Communist government has decreed the founding of cooperatives and Markan Radisic is in charge of their establishment. When Markan's son proposes to Milisa's daughter, the two men confront each other. In self-defense Markan kills Milisa, however the national court fails to find mitigating circumstances. On the way to prison he listens to the news on radio about the abolition of agricultural cooperatives.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Runtime

121 mins

Rating

6.3/10

Release Date

20 March 1986

Country

Yugoslavia

Cast

Velimir Živojinović

Velimir Živojinović

Markan, predsjednik zadruge

Dara Džokić

Dara Džokić

Stana, Milišina žena

Vanja Drach

Vanja Drach

Sudac

Mirjana Karanović

Mirjana Karanović

Marta

Vjenceslav Kapural

Vjenceslav Kapural

Miliša Matić

Olivera Marković

Olivera Marković

Daktilografkinja

Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić

Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić

Zec

Vanja Matujec

Vanja Matujec

Nada, Milišina ćerka

Igor Mešin

Igor Mešin

Niko, Markanov sin

Semka Sokolović-Bertok

Semka Sokolović-Bertok

Baba Manda

Ilija Ivezić

Ilija Ivezić

Kolonist

Krunoslav Šarić

Krunoslav Šarić

Načelnik

Cynthia Ashperger

Cynthia Ashperger

Mađarica

Ljubomir 'Kiki' Kapor

Ljubomir 'Kiki' Kapor

Kolonist

Edo Peročević

Edo Peročević

Jakov, kolonist

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