The Magpie Strategy
1987, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Zlatko Lavanić.
Adventures of an idealistic old Communist whose treasured watch is stolen by a magpie but who overcomes all difficulties.
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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- Released
- 17 June 1987
- Original title
- Strategija švrake
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Emir Kusturica, Mladen Materić
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The Magpie Strategy runs 96 minutes (1h 36m).
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The Magpie Strategy isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 17 June 1987. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Magpie Strategy?
The Magpie Strategy (1987) was directed by Zlatko Lavanić and stars Predrag Laković, Radmila Živković, Branko Cvejić.