

The Coach
1978, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević.
A man from a small place has become a coach of the biggest club in the country. He's coming back to his home town to buy a talented striker from a local club. A new striker immediately becomes a star in the big club. But a conflict between coach on one side and striker and manager of the club on the other occurs and results in coach leaving the club. He then becomes a coach of a big German club and in international competition has a match against his former club. In first game in Munich his former club wins which puts him in danger of losing position of coach in new club. But in the second game his team wins in Belgrade and goes trough. He once again goes to his home town and in the graveyard, at the tomb of his father, who died in war fighting Germans, asks himself what happened so he's now fighting for the Germans against a club from his own country.
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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Cast & crew
- Mladomir 'Puriša' ĐorđevićDirector
- Tanasije UzunovićPetar
- Ljuba TadićLenka
- Zoran VeličkovićRuzmarin, centarfor Orkana
- Ljiljana TicaOdbojkašica zvana Nedelja
- Miki JovičićOrač, mehaničar
- Zoran BogdanovićPrvi golman Orkana
- Milutin JevđenijevićGrobar i vanredni student
- Zoran StojanovićGolman prva rezerva
- Slavica StefanovićŽena igrača sa brojem 8
- Adam ObrenovićLevi half
- Ljalja GezimLevo krilo
- Saša PajićNovinar
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1978
- Original title
- Trener
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević
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How long is The Coach?
The Coach runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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Which OTT platform is The Coach on?
The Coach isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 January 1978. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Coach?
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Who directed The Coach?
The Coach (1978) was directed by Mladomir 'Puriša' Đorđević and stars Tanasije Uzunović, Ljuba Tadić, Zoran Veličković.