
The Heroes of Telemark(1965)
Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.

Careless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement and their activities bring their names to Gestapo's termination list. This movie inspired the series that would get cult status in former Yugoslavia.

Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić
Prle

Vojislav Brajović
Tihi

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
Paja

Rade Marković
Milan

Aleksandar Berček
Mrki

Stevo Žigon
Kriger

Vladan Holec
Mile

Čedomir Petrović
Zriki

Slobodan Aligrudić
Skale

Dragomir Felba
Striko
The Written Off is a war, action film released in 1974 exploring themes of resistance fighter. Directed by Aleksandar Đorđević, it stars Dragoslav 'Dragan' Nikolić, Vojislav Brajović, Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović. Careless lives of few Belgrade youths are shattered when Nazis occupy their town in 1941. Soon they join the resistance movement and their activities bring their names to Gestapo's termination list. This movie inspired the series that would get cult status in former Yugoslavia.
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