I Was Stronger

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I Was Stronger
Directed by Gustav Gavrin
Written byGustav Gavrin
Rados Novakovic
Cinematography Mihajlo Popovic
Edited by Kleopatra Harisijades
Music by Stevan Hristic
Production
company
Avala Film
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbo-Croat

I Was Stronger (Serbo-Croat: Bila sam jaca) is a 1953 Yugoslav war drama film directed by Gustav Gavrin and starring Sava Severova, Mira Stupica and Nikola Popovic. [1] The film's heroine is a Partisan doctor during the Second World War.

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  1. Krautz p.245

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