''Hamburg Altona'' is a 1989 Yugoslav

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directed by Mladen Mitrović, Vedran Mihletić and Dragutin Krencer.

Plot

Three inmates, Čombe (Željko Vukmirica), Menso (Mirsad Zulić) and Bogart ( Filip Šovagović), escape from prison to go to

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, their dream destination. Before they temporarily split and go to their respective towns, they agree to meet in

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and board the train to Hamburg together. From that point on, the film develops into three separate plots: in

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, Čombe attempts to get even with Mrva, his former partner in crime who betrayed him, Menso is spending time with his wife and children in a Bosnian village, while Bogart starts a romance with a handsome teacher in the outskirts of

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. Upon learning from the newspapers that his two comrades have been arrested, Bogart makes a last-minute change in his plan...

Reception

''Hamburg Altona'', the feature film debut for the three young directors, received mixed reviews from the critics. They criticized the screenplay and direction for being somewhat clichéd and predictable, but found the mix of crime film and melodrama interesting.

Sources

Hamburg Altona
at hrfilm.hr

External links

* 1989 films Croatian anthology films Croatian-language films Films set in Hamburg Croatian drama films 1989 drama films Yugoslav drama films Films set in Yugoslavia Films set in Zagreb Films set in Belgrade Films shot in Belgrade Films about prison escapes {{Croatia-film-stub