Deserter (1992) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1992 · 105 mins · Serbian

Starring

Dušan Makavejev, Rade Šerbedžija, Branka Katić, Olivera Viktorović, Svetozar Cvetković, Hristina Popović

During the breakup of Yugoslavia, a Federal Army officer, exhausted by the conflict, takes a leave of absence in Belgrade. He finds himself less tormented by battle memories than by lingering personal betrayals. While there he encounters his former comrade, now AWOL, whom he cannot turn in because the man had an affair with his wife.