The Liberation of Skopje (1981 film)
The Liberation of Skopje is a 1981 Serbo-Croatian language television film released in Australia on 9 April 1981. It is also known as Oslobodenje Skoplja or KPGT which is about the liberation of Skopje prison.[1]
| The Liberation of Skopje | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ljubisa Ristic |
| Produced by | Eric Fullilove |
| Written by | Dusan Jovanovic |
| Based on | play by Dusan Jovanovic |
| Starring | Rade Serbedzija |
Production company | Ferryman Television |
| Distributed by | SBS |
Release date | April 9 1981 |
Running time | 100 mins |
| Country | Australia |
Plot
Zoran is an eight-year-old boy who sees the German occupy Skopje, North Macedonia in 1942. His father Dushan is a member of the partisan forces and his uncle, Georgij plays a part in the assassination of a high ranking German officer, as well as in the evacuation and transport of Jews to the free territories.
Cast
- Rade Serbedzija as Georgij Potevski
- Sasa Kuzmanovic as Zoran
- Inge Appelt as Lence
- Miljenko Brlecic as Bale
- Ratko Buljan as Doktor
- Darko Curdo as Chief Bulgarian Police
- Antonia Cutic as Ana
- Tone Gogala as Stojcev
- Dragoljub Lazarov as Gospodinov
Production
It was based on a Yugoslavian play of the same name which won the 28th Annual Village Voice 1983 Obie Award for Special Citations Off Broadway in New York and toured Australia in 1980.[2] The film was produced by Ferryman Television with an estimated production budget of 100,000 AUD. Scenes were shot in locations such as Sydney and New South Wales.[3]
References
- Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p100
- 1980 Sydney Morning Herald article on the play accessed 12 July 2013
- The Liberation of Skopje, retrieved 28 May 2020