On the Road to Katanga
1987, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Živojin Pavlović.
Obsessed by the dreams of a comfortable life, son of a coal miner comes back to his native country with plans to sell his father's house in order to travel to the African diamond mine in Katanga. Re-visiting of his hometown brings back his childhood trauma, and the nightmare of the old and new love, the events in and around the mine, all put his obsession with Katanga on test.
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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Cast & crew
- Živojin PavlovićDirector
- Svetozar CvetkovićPavle Bezuha
- Mirjana KaranovićPevačica Žana
- Radoš BajićJova
- Ljiljana LašićMarija
- Tone ŠolarCiglič
- Fabijan ŠovagovićUpravnik Janković
- Ljubiša SamardžićToša Palidrvce
- Mirko BabićŽakula
- Meto JovanovskiJanko
- Mladen NelevićVisoki
- Ljubica ŠćepanovićMajka
- Božidar BunjevacLjubomir Bezuha, otac
Details
- Released
- 3 May 1987
- Original title
- Na putu za Katangu
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Radoš Bajić
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On the Road to Katanga runs 106 minutes (1h 46m).
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On the Road to Katanga isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 3 May 1987. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like On the Road to Katanga?
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Who directed On the Road to Katanga?
On the Road to Katanga (1987) was directed by Živojin Pavlović and stars Svetozar Cvetković, Mirjana Karanović, Radoš Bajić.