A Rifle for Sleeping (1997)

A Rifle for Sleeping (1997)

1997-01-01 Croatia 116 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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.

Cast

Mustafa Nadarević is Karlo Štajner
Karlo Štajner
Relja Bašić is Šef policije
Šef policije
Goran Višnjić is Devetka - '9'
Devetka - '9'
Dražen Kuhn is Slavek
Josip Marotti is Doktor Javorčić
Doktor Javorčić
Barbara Nola is Ekspert za palme
Ekspert za palme