

Holding the Air
1985, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Zdravko Šotra.
The story of a war-orphan, who remembers first post-war days, his stay in Home for war-orphans, his teachers, friends, and mostly his "only brother".
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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Cast & crew
- Zdravko ŠotraDirector
- Marko VojinovićMilan
- Slavko ŠtimacGligorije
- Velimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićBuzdovan
- Danilo 'Bata' StojkovićUpravnik doma
- Jelica SretenovićDomaćica
- Milivoje 'Mića' TomićPavle Jovanović
- Slavko SimićGligorijev deda
- Dragomir 'Gidra' BojanićDoktor
- Zoran RadmilovićSvetlanin stric
- Miroslav BijelićSveštenik
- Gala VidenovićSvetlana B. Đorđević
- Ljiljana SedlarSvetlanina strina
Details
- Released
- 7 June 1985
- Original title
- Držanje za vazduh
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Slobodan Stojanović, Zdravko Šotra
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Holding the Air runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Which OTT platform is Holding the Air on?
Holding the Air isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 7 June 1985. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like Holding the Air?
If you liked Holding the Air, try The Little Princess, Where the Red Fern Grows, Where the Red Fern Grows.
Who directed Holding the Air?
Holding the Air (1985) was directed by Zdravko Šotra and stars Marko Vojinović, Slavko Štimac, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović.