The Ambush
Seen it?1969 | 80 min | Drama, War
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for history buffs.
- The mood
- Intense.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 20 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in another language, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
- Made in 1969: an older pace and style.
Idealistic young man supports the party and the new Yugoslavia's communist regime, but soon gets involved in various political and criminal machinations becoming more and more confused about what's right and what's wrong.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 2K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Živojin Pavlović
- Ivica VidovićIve Vrana
- Milena DravićMilica
- Severin BijelićZeka
- Slobodan Aligrudićdrug Jotić
- Pavle VuisićStarešina sela
- Dragomir FelbaTopolovački
- Branko MilićevićVođa Skojevaca
- Mirjana BlaškovićMilanka iz AFŽ-a
- Mirjana NikolićUčiteljica
- Milivoje 'Mića' TomićProfesor razrednik