A band whose music is a cover for survival.
In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".
Kapetan Ditrih
The film's tagline is: "A band whose music is a cover for survival."
The original title is "Балкан експрес" (SH).
The runtime is 102 minutes (1h 42m).
The film was directed by Branko Baletić.
The screenplay was written by Gordan Mihić.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0085215.
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Балкан експрес
Released
Deutsch,
Yugoslavia
