Two Players from the Bench (2005)
"Dva igraca s klupe" (original title)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Dejan Sorak

Writer:

Dejan Sorak

Stars:

Goran Navojec, Borko Peric, Tarik Filipovic

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Goran Navojec	...	Ante Jukic
Borko Peric	...	Dusko Katran
Tarik Filipovic	...	Antisa
Dora Lipovcan	...	Stela
Renne Gjoni	...	The Hague Investigator
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rea Kamenski Bacun	...	Ingrid
Ana Marija Bokor	...	Prevoditeljica
Drazen Bratulic	...	Sluzbenik Tribunala
Ivan Brkic	...	Svercer ljudima
Mijo Debanic	...	Fotograf #2
Istvan Filakovic	...	Policajac
Nada Gacesic	...	Antina mama
Stephen John Hindlaugh	...	Novinar NCN-a
Vedran Mlikota	...	Katranov kum
Ksenija Pajic	...	Mira Vidusic

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

war crime | body double | mistaken identity

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Croatia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian Croatian

Release Date:

22 July 2005 (Croatia)

Also Known As:

Two Players from the Bench

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija (HRT), Maj Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in ER: Heart of the Matter (2006)

User Reviews

"Sto na sto!"

I was really surprised with this movie. I expected another solid movie from Croatian film-makers but instead we have very good movie about two people who find themselves in weird situation. Ante Jukić (Goran Navojec) is Croat and Duško Katran (Borko Perić) is Serb who besides fought on opposite sides in the war, both used to be volleyball players. There is little chance of them ever meeting again. At the same time Hague has indicted Colonel Skoko. The two main witnesses to his defense, Mato and Joso, have disappeared without a trace and now Skoko's contact Antiša must find two people who look like Mato and Joso. You can guess who might that be.

So we've got very good script and actors. Especially Borko Perić, who is brilliant in the role of Duško. It is funny to see how people are thinking in these situations and director Dejan Šorak very good showed us at first how Ante and Duško can't stand each other, but towards the end they actually have same goals. 7/10