Overview
In order to save a friend's daughter, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, from the Ustashas, the Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their son Ivo.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (1961)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Croatia
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Setting
Set in Zagreb
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Zora DirnbachStory
- France ŠtiglicWriter
- Original title
- Deveti krug
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- April 21, 1960
- Original language
- Croatian
- Countries
- Yugoslavia
Production
Cast
Dušica ŽegaracRuth Alkalaj
Boris DvornikIvo Vojnović- Branko TatićIvo's father
- Ervina DragmanIvo's mother
Dragan MilivojevićZvonko- Vera MisitaAunt
Beba LončarMagda
Mihajlo Kostić 'Pljaka'Mladen- Božidar DrnićRuth's father
- Đurđa ŠegedinRuth's mother
- Nedim OmerbegovićPriest
- Vladimir KrstulovićUstasha officer
Emil GladUstasha on the balcony of the college- Dragutin KrelijusFormer officer trapped in a raid
- Viktor LeljakUstasha with a team
- Etta BortolazziCamp inmate
Zlatko MadunićUstasha- Rikard BrzeskaPolice officer (uncredited)
Zvonimir FerenčićPolice officer (uncredited)- Krešimir ZidarićPolice officer (uncredited)
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