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Director:
Slobodan Sijan
Writers:
Ric Hardman (story)
Christopher Longshadow (writer)
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Genre:
Comedy
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Cast

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Rick Rossovich ... Bogoljub / Prior Nikamia

Catherine Hicks ... Ella Frazier
Gary Kroeger ... Charles Lawrence
Dara Calenic ... Zorka Bogdanovich
Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic ... Abdullah the Great
Nikola Simic ... Brother Gabriel
Jeff Corey ... Colonel Frazier
Brad Dexter ... Veljko Pantovich
Sam Wanamaker ... Ambassador Morley
Michael Gable ... Roger (as Mike Gable)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miodrag Andric ... Dzeparos
Gojko Baletic ... Milicioner (II)
Enes Barakovic ... Radnik (II)
Dobrila Cirkovic ... Gospodjica Perigor
Bogdan Diklic ... Branko
Emil Gensicki ... Radnik (IV)
Dobrica Jovanovic ... Ciga
Milutin Karadzic ... Petar
Hrvoje Kovacic ... Bata kepec
Miodrag Kravljanac ... Milicioner (IV)
Zvonko Lepetic ... Mornar
Milka Lukic ... Pantoviceva sekretarica
Zika Milenkovic ... Komandir milicije
Predrag Milinkovic ... Failing Monk
Miljenko Miljevic ... Radnik (III)
Bora Mitrovic ... Kondukter
Strahinja Mojic ... Milicioner (V)
Tasko Nacic ... Bure
Ratko Nedanoski ... Radnik (I)
Srdjan Pesic ... Milicioner (III)
Vinko Prizmic ... Direktor banke
Boro Stjepanovic ... Celavi
Catherine Tana ... Engleska novinarka
Dan Tana ... Stari svat (as Dobrivoje Tanasijevic)
Ratko Tankosic ... Karate
Milovan Tasic ... Veliki
Dragoljub Vojnov ... Misa
Minja Vojvodic ... Milicioner (I)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Cognac (International: English title)
Secret Ingredient
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Runtime:
Spain:89 min
Country:
Yugoslavia
Language:
Serbo-Croatian | English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Iceland:L | West Germany:6
Filming Locations:
Yugoslavia
Company:
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Problem with translation, 24 June 2005
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Author: shaptach from Serbia and Montenegro

Thing is, problem does not lie in the movie, but in translation. In all Serbian (Yugoslavian) movies core of the dialogue lies in phrases, common to the region, which can be successfully translated only to some extent. Example, if you tried to translate some stand-up comedy to ANY language, nobody would understand it. The same is with movies.

Next thing is the social factor, westerners simply can not understand comedy that is set in days of communism. The whole setting is hilarious only to the people who, unfortunately, lived it.

If you watch movie carefully and read title, you will see that people are talking much more than it is actually translated. That is the part where you "lose" the movie. Subtitles are no substitution for living tongue.

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