The Liberation of Skopje (1981 film)

This article is about the 1981 film. For other uses, see The Liberation of Skopje.

The Liberation of Skopje
Based on	play by Dusan Jovanovic
Written by	Dusan Jovanovic
Directed by	Ljubisa Ristic
Starring	Rade Serbedzija
Music by	Vlatko Stefanovski
Country of origin	Australia
Production
Producer	Eric Fullilove
Running time	100 mins
Production company	Ferryman Television
Original release
Network	SBS
Release	9 April 1981 (1981-04-09)

The Liberation of Skopje is an Australian television film released in on 9 April 1981 in Serbo-Croatian language. It is also known as Oslobodenje Skoplja or KPGT which is about the liberation of Skopje prison. ^[1]

Plot

Zoran is an eight-year-old boy who sees the German occupy Skopje, Vardar Macedonia in 1942. His father Dushan is a member of the partisan forces and his uncle, Georgij plays a part in the assassination of a high ranking German officer, as well as in the evacuation and transport of Jews to the free territories.

Cast

• Rade Serbedzija as Georgij Potevski
• Sasa Kuzmanovic as Zoran
• Inge Appelt as Lence
• Miljenko Brlecic as Bale
• Ratko Buljan as Doktor
• Darko Curdo as Chief Bulgarian Police
• Antonia Cutic as Ana
• Tone Gogala as Stojcev
• Dragoljub Lazarov as Gospodinov

Production

It was based on a Yugoslavian play of the same name which won the 28th Annual Village Voice 1983 Obie Award for Special Citations Off Broadway in New York and toured Australia in 1980. ^[2] The film was produced by Ferryman Television with an estimated production budget of 100,000 AUD. Scenes were shot in locations such as Sydney and New South Wales. ^[3]

See also

• Capture of Skopje (1944)

References

1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p100
2. 1980 Sydney Morning Herald article on the play accessed 12 July 2013
3. The Liberation of Skopje , retrieved 28 May 2020

External links

• The Liberation of Skopje at IMDb
• The Liberation of Skopje at Macedonian Film Fund