We're Going Separate Ways

We're Going Separate Ways (Naši se putovi razilaze) is a Croatian World War II melodrama directed by Šime Šimatović. It was released in 1957 and preserved by Croatian national archive.[1][2] The film was seen as perpetuating socialist realist ideology in Yugoslavia, and fared badly with both critics and audiences. The film was exported to East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the United States.[2]

We're Going Separate Ways
CroatianNaši se putovi razilaze
Directed byŠime Šimatović [sh]
Written byIvan Šibl
Starring
CinematographyFrano Vodopivec
Edited byBoris Tešija
Music byVladimir Rajterić-Kraus
Production
company
Release date
19 July 1957

Plot summary edit

The film is set during World War II in Zagreb. Partisan Vjera Dogan (Saša Novak) breaks up with fellow activist Mirko (Bata Grbić). She admits to him she has fallen in love with Vilko Klančar (Boris Hržić), impressed with the way he withstood torture at a police interrogation. However, Vilko has actually turned informant, and Vjera's poor judgment will affect the destinies of people around her.[2]

Cast edit

  • Bata Grbić as Mirko
  • Saša Novak as Vjera Dogan
  • Boris Hržić as Vilko Klančar
  • Miloš Jeknić as Spinach
  • Joža Gregorin as Inspector Maraš
  • Rudolf Kukić as Alojzije Žganjer
  • Mira Nikolić as Nada
  • Milan Milošević as Goran Koren
  • Adam Vedernjak as Davor Vuković
  • Viktor Bek as the doctor
  • Krunoslava Ebrić Frlić as the landlady
  • Tanja Kraus as the chemist

References edit

  1. ^ "HRVATSKI DRŽAVNI ARHIV" (DOC). Croatian State Archives. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "ARHiNET - Naši se putovi razilaze (komad)". Croatian State Archives (in Croatian). Retrieved 16 August 2018.

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