The Return

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The Return

2017

1h 30m

8.0(1 votes)

Thriller

Drama

Overview

Follows a man who, after 40 years, comes back to his hometown. There he has nobody. His friends from America are coming after him to get him back and small village in Vojvodina becomes lively as never before.

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10 featured cast members

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Lazar Rockwood

Steve Stojan Petrović

Nick Mancuso

John

Dubravka Mijatović

Marija

Michael Paré

Michael Shreder

John Savage

Čovek u crnom odelu

Milorad Mandić

Laza Slikar

Vesna Stanojević

Helen

Radivoje Bukvić

Čuvar silosa

Bora Đorđević

Uzgajivač

Marija Marka Hlebjan

Desanka

Creative team

Directed by: Predrag Jakšić
Written by: Predrag Jakšić

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