Dara in Jasenovac

Dara in Jasenovac (Serbian: Дара из Јасеновца) is an upcoming Serbian historical drama film directed by Predrag Antonijević. Based on the testimonies of survivors,[2] it is the first feature film that deals with war crimes and atrocities that took place at the World War Two Jasenovac concentration camp,[3] which was part of the Holocaust in Croatia and the wider Genocide of Serbs in the Independent State of Croatia.

Dara in Jasenovac
Directed byPredrag Antonijević
Produced byPredrag Antonijević
Maksa Ćatović
Petar Vukašinović
Written byNataša Drakulić
StarringBiljana Čekić
Vuk Kostić
Marko Janketic
CinematographyMiloš Kodemo
Edited byFilip Dedić
Production
company
Cineplanet
Distributed byMegaCom Film[1]
Release date
  • 22 October 2020 (2020-10-22)
CountrySerbia
LanguageSerbian

The movie was set to premiere in Spring 2020,[4] commemorating 75 years since the escape of the remaining prisoners from the camp. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the premiere was postponed to 22 October 2020.[5][6]

Plot

After the Axis-led Kozara Offensive the majority of local Serb population ends up in Ustaše concentration camps.

With no information about whereabouts of her father, twelve-year-old Dara and her mother and two brothers end up in Jasenovac. Her mother and older brother get killed by Ustaše. Dara makes it her personal mission and goal to insure the survival of her younger brother.[7]

Cast

Production

An old brickyard located in the village of Kolut near Sombor was reconstructed and turned into a camp by production designer Goran Joksimović. The second part of the movie was shot in Bela Crkva.[8]

Children from Kozarska Dubica were chosen to portrait numerous children who were imprisoned in the camp. A number of actors from Republika Srpska took part in the project,[9] joined by their colleagues from Serbia.

Dara in Jasenovac was supported by Ministry of Culture and Information and Film Center Serbia.[10]

References
  1. "PREMIJERA FILMA "DARA IZ JASENOVCA" PLANIRANA ZA 22. OKTOBAR | MCF". mcf.rs. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  2. Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Premijera filma „Dara iz Jasenovca" planirana za 22. oktobar". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  3. Dusanic, Dragana (2019-11-01). "SNIMA SE: "Dara iz Jasenovca" u režiji Predraga Gage Antonijevića". Antrfile (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  4. Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Premijera filma „Dara iz Jasenovca" planirana za 22. oktobar". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  5. "Istorijska drama „Dara iz Jasenovca" premijerno 22. oktobra 2020. godine « FCS". www.fcs.rs. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  6. "Премијера филма "Дара из Јасеновца" планирана за 22. октобар". Дневник (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  7. ""Dara iz Jasenovca" film o brutalnim ustaškim zločinima". Studio B. 2019-06-18. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  8. "Potresne scene stradanja srpske dece u logoru smrti u doba NDH: Film "Dara iz Jasenovca" stiže na proleće". www.novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  9. "Premijera filma „Dara iz Jasenovca" planirana za 22. oktobar". Fajteri (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-05-25.
  10. "Istorijska drama „Dara iz Jasenovca" premijerno 22. oktobra 2020. godine « FCS". www.fcs.rs. Retrieved 2020-05-25.
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