The Woman from Sarajevo

The adaptation of a lesser known novel by Nobelist Ivo Andric, which describes the life of a spinster who was overwhelmed by a single passion: avarice.

Cast

Heidelinde Weis

as Rajka Radaković

Rade Šerbedžija

as Vlado Ratko

Branko Cvejić

as Rafo Konforti

Jelisaveta 'Seka' Sablić

as Jovanka

Elfriede Kuzmany

as Majka

Dragan Milivojević

as Otac

Petar Dobrić

Relja Bašić

Đuro Utješanović

Vladimir Obleščuk

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