''H-8'' is a 1958 Yugoslav film directed by

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starring Đurđa Ivezić, Boris Buzančić, and

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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 *

as Photographer *

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as Krešo * Marijan Lovrić as Rudolf Knez * Mira Nikolić as Young Mother *

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as Thief Ivica *

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* Stane Sever * Pero Kvrgić *

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* Ljubica Jović *

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* 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.

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 ''One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away'' is a 1970 Croatian comedy-drama film. Its original title is ''Tko pjeva zlo ne misli'', which means "He Who Sings Means No Harm". Directed by Krešo Golik and based on a novella by Vjekoslav Majer, the film a ...

''. In a similar 2020 poll, it placed first.

Awards

* H-8 won the

Big Golden Arena The Golden Arena awards were established in 1955 as the Yugoslav national film awards presented annually at the Pula Film Festival in Pula, Croatia, with the Big Golden Arena for Best Film its main prize. From 1955 to 1990 the awards were the Yu ...

for Best Film at the 1958

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References

External links

* 1958 films 1950s Croatian-language films Serbo-Croatian-language films Films directed by Nikola Tanhofer 1958 drama films Jadran Film films Croatian drama films Films set in Croatia Films set in Yugoslavia Drama films based on actual events Croatian black-and-white films Films about road accidents and incidents Films set in Belgrade Yugoslav drama films {{1950s-drama-film-stub