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to deal with him. As no one in the city seems to know what Walter even looks like, Dietrich manages to have an operative infiltrate the resistance under the guise of Walter himself. The partisans are caught in a deadly game of betrayal, fraud and imposture while trying to frustrate the
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in the country. The film also continues to remain a mainstay of diplomatic and economic relations between China and the
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Disintegration in Frames: Aesthetics and
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back to Germany. They plan to supply the tank columns with fuel from a
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Decade of Patience: How China Became a Power in the Western Balkans
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Notes from the Underground: The Cinema of Emir Kusturica
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423:as SS-Hauptsturmführer Bischoff
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1054:Serbo-Croatian-language films
447:as Lieutenant Colonel Weiland
27:1972 film by Hajrudin Krvavac
1124:Films scored by Bojan Adamič
950:University of Michigan Press
286:In late 1944, as the end of
238:wǎ ěr tè bǎo wèi sà lā rè wō
1119:Yugoslav multilingual films
1109:Yugoslav World War II films
1059:1970s German-language films
768:Hui, Mary (13 April 2019).
674:Zlatar, Pero (April 1972).
547:is one of the most watched
441:as Lieutenant Colonel Hagen
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995:The Cinema of the Balkans
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944:Donia, Robert J. (2006).
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1024:Valter Brani Sarajevo
946:Sarajevo: A Biography
580:brotherhood and unity
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367:Slobodan Dimitrijević
220:Валтер брани Сарајево
215:Valter brani Sarajevo
33:Valter brani Sarajevo
18:Valter brani Sarajevo
967:Levi, Pavle (2007).
586:' punk sub-culture.
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322:von Dietrich of the
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605:Velimir Živojinović
387:as train dispatcher
363:as Sead Kapetanović
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588:Zabranjeno Pušenje
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439:Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
411:as Obersturmführer
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511:Red Star Belgrade
502:Battle of Neretva
435:as German general
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620:and China.
519:Špela Rozin
513:head coach
409:Relja Bašić
397:Stevo Žigon
174:133 minutes
75:Produced by
50:Directed by
44:Film poster
1044:1972 films
1038:Categories
800:(Report).
700:Donia 2006
662:Gocić 2001
634:References
523:Ljubo Kojo
517:, actress
458:Production
421:Rolf Römer
183:Yugoslavia
159:Yugoslavia
153:1972-04-12
135:Bosna Film
128:Production
70:Savo Pređo
60:Written by
756:Levi 2007
682:5 October
647:Levi 2007
549:war films
529:Reception
393:as Branko
381:as Kondor
302:from the
292:Wehrmacht
229:瓦尔特保卫萨拉热窝
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117:Music by
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179:Country
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