The Marathon Family
(1982)
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The Marathon Family
(1982)
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Bogdan Diklic | ... |
Mirko Topalovic
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Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic | ... |
Laki Topalovic
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Pavle Vujisic | ... |
Milutin Topalovic
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Mija Aleksic | ... |
Aksentije Topalovic
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Milivoje Tomic | ... |
Maksimilijan Topalovic
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Radislav Lazarevic | ... |
Pantelija Topalovic
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Zoran Radmilovic | ... |
Bili Piton
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Jelisaveta Sablic | ... |
Kristina
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Bora Todorovic | ... |
Djenka
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Melita Bihali | ... |
Olja
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Fahro Konjhodzic | ... |
Gospodin Rajkovic
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Veljko Mandic | ... |
Rajkovicev brat
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Mihajlo-Bata Paskaljevic | ... |
Stariji zandar
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Dragoljub-Gula Milosavljevic | ... |
(as Dragoljub Milosavljevic)
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Miroslav Jovanovic | ... |
Blizanac I
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The Topalovic family has been in the burial business for generations. When the old (150 yrs old) Pantelija dies, five generations of his heirs start to fight for the inheritance. Written by Damir Dukich <Damir.Dukic@snet.fri.uni-lj.si>
It is a pity that in spite of it's greatness, the movie is very sensitive to translation ... of language and socio-political environment.
In the magic of the Yugoslav eighties, this film was like something you will never have seen before. The sense of humor those guys had is incredible, comparable only to greatness like Mark Twain, Jaroslav Hasek, Monty Python, in their best years.
Please do also see "Ko to tamo peva" (from two years earlier, same scriptwriter&director).
And remember, if at first you don't succeed.. do yourself a big favor and watch the movie again. Then if you still don't like it, do yourself a bigger favor still and go see 'Airplane II'(also same script,writer&director..) and forget about Serbian comedy.
10/10