Better Than Escape

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A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.

Released: Jul 15, 1993

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Žarko Laušević

Aleksa Radman

Claire Beckman

Stamena

Mirjana Karanović

Radmila

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