Balkan Express

Balkan Express

A band whose music is a cover for survival.

1983102 min5.8 / 10

A lighthearted wartime caper built on deception and camaraderie, where a ragtag band of con artists use music as cover for survival.

In this entertaining, clever satire, it is the beginning of World War II and a group of con artists and thieves decide to pose as musicians under the rubric "The Balkan Express".

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