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Freedom from Despair

8.020041h 35mMovieDocumentary

True stories of the Croatian People's struggle to overcome oppression from communist Yugoslavia and the 1990's fight to save their war ravaged homeland.

DirectorBrenda Brkusic Milinkovic
WriterBrenda Brkusic Milinkovic
ProducersBrenda Brkusic Milinkovic·Dianna Brkusic

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Cast · Directed by Brenda Brkusic Milinkovic

JSJohn Savage
John Savage
Narrator
MYMichael York
Michael York
Voice Over
BPBeata Pozniak
Beata Pozniak
Voice Over
PC
Petar Cvirn
Kruno Brkusic
SB
Stipe Brkusic
Kruno’s Father
NC
Noelle Charles
Kruno's Mother
DP
Danijel Pek
Friend 1
JB
Jure Bušić
Friend 2
TP
Terence Pratt
UDBA Officer
VB
Vlado Brkusic
Italian Farmer
AB
Anka Brkusic
Italian Farmer's Wife
MD
Marko Dizdar
Self

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