Better Than Escape
1993, Serbian. Directed by Miroslav Lekić.
A Yugoslav stage actor marries an American girl in Belgrade and has a child with her, when his career downhill out of political reasons he develops a drinking habit, his wife leaves him and takes their daughter to U.S.A.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbian
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Cast & crew
- Miroslav LekićDirector
- Žarko LauševićAleksa Radman
- Claire BeckmanStamena
- Mirjana KaranovićRadmila
- Aleksandar BerčekTale
- Branislav 'Ciga' JerinićBata
- Branko CvejićUpravnik pozorišta
- Rahela FerariStamenina baba
- Željka BašićPevačica
- Radoslav KojčinovićOružar
- Marko BaćovićTV reditelj
- Dušan LauševićPit
- Đurđija CvetićStamenina majka
Details
- Released
- 15 July 1993
- Original title
- Bolje od bekstva
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Siniša Kovačević, Miroslav Lekić
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Better Than Escape runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Better Than Escape isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 July 1993. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed Better Than Escape?
Better Than Escape (1993) was directed by Miroslav Lekić and stars Žarko Laušević, Claire Beckman, Mirjana Karanović.