The Dark Side of the Sun is a 1988 American

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 - Yugoslavia

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n drama film starring a young Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt

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 about a young man in search for a cure for a dreaded skin disease. It is directed by Bozidar Nikolić.

The footage for the film was shot in 1988 but due to the outbreak of Croatian War of Independence

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The Croatian War of Independence was fought from 1991 to 1995 between forces loyal to the government of Croatia—which had declared independence from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia —and the Serb-controlled Yugoslav People's Army and local Serb forces, with the JNA ending its combat...

 (which started in 1991) it had to be abandoned and much footage was lost.

It was eventually released officially in 1997. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia

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Main cast

• Guy Boyd
  Guy Boyd (actor)
  Guy Boyd is an American character actor. He has starred in over fifty films from the late 1970s to the present. He is probably best known for his role as Detective Jim McLean in Brian De Palma's thriller Body Double...
  
   ... Father
• Brad Pitt
  Brad Pitt
  William Bradley "Brad" Pitt is an American actor and film producer. Pitt has received two Academy Award nominations and four Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one...
  
   ... Rick
• Cheryl Pollak ... Frances
• Constantin Nitchoff
• Milena Dravić
  Milena Dravic
  Milena Dravić is a Serbian actress.Born in Belgrade, Dravić was involved with the performing arts from the age of four: first with dance and later classical ballet...
  
   ... Mother
• Gorica Popović
  Gorica Popović
  Gorica Popović is a Serbian theatre, television and film actress.-Selected filmography:*The Fall of Italy *The Dark Side of the Sun *Battle of Kosovo -External links:...
  
   ... Nina
• Sonja Savić
  Sonja Savic
  Sonja Savić was a cult Serbian actress, famous for her husky voice and series of impressive roles in some of the more memorable 1980s films made in former Yugoslavia. Sonja appeared in Miroslav Ilić video Voleo sam devojku iz grada...
  
  
• Nikola Jovanović
• Boro Begović
• Milan Sretenović (as Milan Sretenović-Globus)
• Andjelo Arandjelović (as Angelo Arangelović)
• Sreten Mitrović
• Stole Aranđelović ... Vidar (the healer) (as Stole Arangelović)
• Ras Rastoder
• Vladan Banović
• Milorad Novaković
• Pedja Rolović
• Vanja Vasić
• Tatjana Vadnjal
• Tanja Petrić