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Balkan Spirit
Filmmaker Hermann Vaske explores the creative Balkan world in the hopes of understanding the meaning of "Balkan spirit".
Hermann Vaske
Hermann Vaske
Casts & Crew
Marina Abramović
Eleni Angelopoulos
Adrian Botan
Osman Bozkurt
Goran Bregović
Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ada Condeescu
Taraf de Haidouks
Dimitar Dereliev
Nikola Đuričko
Murat Ertel
Abel Ferrara
Flakan Haliti
Renos Haralambidis
Isabelle Huppert
Angelina Jolie
Šejla Kamerić
Kim Ki-duk
Sofija Knežević
Korado Korlević
Emir Kusturica
Nikola Ljuca
Branko Lustig
Dušan Makavejev
Anamaria Marinca
Jovan Marjanović
Boban Markovic
Marko Marković
Cătălin Mitulescu
Maša Nešković
Phedon Papamichael
Jelena Petošević
Želimir Barić
George Pistereanu
Dragan Sakan
Bahar Sarah
Zoran Šurlan
Caliu Viorel
Nataša Vojnović
Jasmila Žbanić
Slavoj Žižek
Baba Zula
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