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Cyclops (1982)

Cyclops poster
Original title
Kiklop
Directed by
Antun Vrdoljak
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
2h 18m
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man navigates life in Zagreb during the tense years before World War II. The story follows his personal and intellectual struggles as he confronts the encroaching political turmoil.

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What happens

Cyclops (Croatian: Kiklop) is a 1982 Yugoslav Croatian-language film directed by Antun Vrdoljak, based on the 1965 novel of the same title by Ranko Marinković. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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