''H-8'' is a 1958
Yugoslav film directed by
Nikola Tanhofer
Nikola Tanhofer (; 25 December 1926 – 24 November 1998) was a Croatian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. His first film as director, '' It Was Not in Vain'' was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.>
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starring
Đurđa Ivezić,
Boris Buzančić, and
Antun Vrdoljak
Antun Vrdoljak (; born 5 June 1931) is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he beca ...
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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
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Đurđa Ivezić as Alma Novak
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Boris Buzančić as Journalist Boris
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Antun Vrdoljak
Antun Vrdoljak (; born 5 June 1931) is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he beca ...
as Photographer
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Vanja Drach
Vanja Drach (1 February 1932 – 6 September 2009) was a Croatian theatre and film actor.
His film and television credits include '' H-8'', '' Lud, zbunjen, normalan'', '' Gospa'', '' Charuga'', '' Kapelski kresovi'', ''Nikola Tesla'', '' Svjedo ...
as Krešo
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Marijan Lovrić as Rudolf Knez
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Mira Nikolić as Young Mother
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Antun Nalis
Antun Nalis (9 February 1911 – 14 February 2000), a.k.a. Tonči Nalis, was a Croatian actor.
Antun Nalis was born in Zadar, which was part of Austria-Hungary at the time. After World War I Zadar became part of Italy, which later helped Nalis to ...
as Thief Ivica
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Mia Oremović
Mia Oremović (31 July 1918 – 24 July 2010) was a Croatian theatre, film and television actress.
Selected filmography
*'' It Was Not in Vain'' (1957)
*'' H-8'' (1958)
*''I Have Two Mothers and Two Fathers'' (1968)
*''One Song a Day Takes Mischi ...
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Stane Sever
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Pero Kvrgić
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Marija Kohn
Marija Kohn (7 August 1934 – 16 July 2018) was a Croatian actress.
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Fabijan Šovagović
Fabijan Šovagović (4 January 1932 – 1 January 2001) was a Croatian film, television and theatre actor, and writer.
Biography
Šovagović was born in the village of Ladimirevci, in the Slavonia region of Croatia, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. H ...
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Ljubica Jović
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Ivan Šubić
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...
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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
Pula Film Festival
Pula Film Festival ( hr, Pulski filmski festival) is an annual Croatian film festival, established in 1954. It is held in a Roman amphitheater known as the Pula Arena. Pula Film Festival is the oldest Croatian film festival and is usually held ...
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See also
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List of Yugoslav films
References
External links
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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
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