H-8 (film)
H-8 is a 1958 Yugoslav film directed by Nikola Tanhofer.
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| Directed by | Nikola Tanhofer |
| Written by | Zvonimir Berković Tomislav Butorac |
| Starring | Đurđa Ivezić Boris Buzančić Antun Vrdoljak Vanja Drach Marijan Lovrić |
| Music by | Dragutin Savin |
| Cinematography | Slavko Zalar |
| Edited by | Radojka Tanhofer |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Croatian |
Plot
During a rainstorm, a reckless car driver causes the collision of a bus and a truck on a two-lane road between Zagreb and Belgrade. The film covers the events on the bus and the truck leading up to the crash, and the lives of the characters who end up in the crash.
Cast
- Đurđa Ivezić as Alma Novak
- Boris Buzančić as Journalist Boris
- Antun Vrdoljak as Photographer
- Vanja Drach as Krešo
- Marijan Lovrić as Rudolf Knez
- Mira Nikolić as Young Mother
- Antun Nalis as Thief Ivica
- Mia Oremović
- Stane Sever
- Pero Kvrgić
- Marija Kohn
- Fabijan Šovagović
- Ljubica Jović
- Ivan Šubić
- Siniša Knaflec
Production
The movie is based on a true story, in which the driver that caused a fatal 1957 bus-truck collision was never identified. "H-8" is the beginning of that driver's license plate, the only available information on the culprit's vehicle.[1]
Reception
In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.[2]
Awards
- H-8 won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1958 Pula Film Festival.[3]
See also
References
- https://www.portalnovosti.com/tajna-limuzine-h-8
- ""Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 1999-11-28. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000555/1958
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