H-8 (film)
H-8 is a 1958 Yugoslav film directed by Nikola Tanhofer starring Đurđa Ivezić, Boris Buzančić, and Antun Vrdoljak.
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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 |
| Cinematography | Slavko Zalar |
| Edited by | Radojka Tanhofer |
| Music by | Dragutin Savin |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbo-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
Background
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.[2][3]
Reception
In a 1999 poll among 44 Croatian film critics and film historians, H-8 placed second in the list of all-time best Croatian films, behind One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away.[4] In a similar 2020 poll, it placed first.[5]
Awards
- H-8 won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1958 Pula Film Festival.[6]
See also
References
- "Baza HR kinematografije".
- "Tajna limuzine H-8".
- "Jutarnji list - Nesreća H-8 još me proganja. Ne sjećam se udara, samo onog poslije: Panika, zapomaganje". 29 November 2020.
- ""Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena!". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 1999-11-28. Archived from the original on 2018-04-20. Retrieved 2013-02-08.
- T.Ba./Hina (24 November 2020). "Inventura hrvatske kinematografije: Kritičari izabrali najbolji domaći igrani, dokumentarni i animirani film". tportal.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
- "Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films (1958)". IMDb.