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A Rifle for Sleeping (1997)

Janko, a police officer/veteran of the war, who is suffering from insomnia caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, now works as a guard in front of the Russian embassy in Zagreb. Having abandoned his former paramour, the daughter of his police chief, he marries a kleptomaniacal hairdresser named Nana, whom he once caught in the act of picking pockets. He then embarks on an affair with the beautiful Marta, the widow of the war profiteer Dragutin Karlo Stajner, who has left behind him a bankrupted firm, a worthless limousine, several bastards, and at least one angry woman. While Janko and Marta persistently try to divvy up what loot remains before any number of others can claim it, Karlo unexpectedly turns up alive and jumps into the middle of a fray between Marta; Karlo's lover, Julija, a Czech bar-singer; and Julija's husband Vlado, a former henchman of Karlo's who is now trying to lay claim to Stajner's limo.

Release: 1997-01-01
Runtime: 116 min
Cast
Rene Medvešek
Rene Medvešek
Janko
Filip Šovagović
Filip Šovagović
Stanko
Mustafa Nadarević
Mustafa Nadarević
Karlo Štajner
Relja Bašić
Relja Bašić
Šef policije
Goran Višnjić
Goran Višnjić
Devetka - '9'
Dražen Kuhn
Dražen Kuhn
Slavek
Kristijan Ugrina
Kristijan Ugrina
Mirko
Jelena Miholjević
Jelena Miholjević
Julija
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Krešimir Dolenčić
Doktor
Josip Marotti
Josip Marotti
Doktor Javorčić
Barbara Nola
Barbara Nola
Ekspert za palme
Đokica Milaković
Đokica Milaković
General
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Vili Matula
Vlado
Alma Prica
Alma Prica
Marta
Nina Violić
Nina Violić
Nana
Ksenija Marinković
Ksenija Marinković
Gitaristica
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Sunčana Zelenika
Glasoviračica
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Nataša Gospodarić
Bubnjačica