Before the War
1966, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Vuk Babić.
Engineer Maric finds out about an affair between his wife Rina and his best friend, a lawyer Novakovic. Maric leaves the house with suicidal intentions. At the big funeral, Novakovic consoles unfortunate Rina, while in the funeral procession a whole bunch of suspicious people try to claim close relations with the deceased one in order to get hold of a piece of his inheritance.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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Cast & crew
- Vuk BabićDirector
- Slobodan 'Cica' PerovićInžinjer Mateja Marić
- Sonja HlebšRina
- Velimir 'Bata' ŽivojinovićGospodin Novaković
- Nikola SimićLjubomir Protić
- Milivoje ŽivanovićAgaton Arsić
- Snežana NikšićVukica
- Milosav 'Mija' AleksićProka
- Branka VeselinovićGina
- Milan AjvazTanasije
- Nevenka MikulićVida
- Žarko MitrovićTrifun
- Mira StupicaSarka
Details
- Released
- 15 June 1966
- Original title
- Пре рата
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Vuk Babić, Dejan Đurović
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Before the War runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Before the War isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 June 1966. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
What movies are like Before the War?
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Who directed Before the War?
Before the War (1966) was directed by Vuk Babić and stars Slobodan 'Cica' Perović, Sonja Hlebš, Velimir 'Bata' Živojinović.