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An excellent and very realistic film, based on Aralica's book (based on survivors' experiences) and on a true event at the end of WW2.

Drammatic, but true. A piece of Croatian history, which was kept hidden for many years, and it is the proof of non-respect of international war conventions by the Allies. (some say that there is no/little evidence regarding this event, which is untrue, as I myself have done research for my undergraduate thesis on this matter - the documents are well hidden, and difficult to find...)

The main characters are a young couple, and what happens around them are true events. Some scenes are quite explicit, but as in each conflict those who are the "winners" are not always just and correct. The only lack of this film is that it seems more a TV film than a film made for the cinema. Otherwise, an excellent film which would need a bit more of publicity - as this event is still a delicate matter even after 50 years and it seems as an argument better not spoken about.

Just as any other regime, this one got a chance to "set aright" all the wrongs done in the past and just as any other regime it uses film art as one of the means to achieve its goals. I can't comment on the quality of the film since I never saw it, but I strongly disagree with the tendency to use this forums to ventilate one's political believes. This is about the film art, so let it be what it is and let's not press our views and believes on the others. Only one more thing: reading the comments, I get the impression that this "historical truth" is brought to screen very one-sided (just as the others before, in the last regime and the one before and before ...)

It's interesting how people who weren't't even there and haven't seen a piece of evidence can come here or anywhere and speak about this movie as a lie. First of all this movie is about true history that was hidden for half a century. After so many communist movies about "brave" partisans that are nothing more but a work of fiction, when somebody makes a movie about what really happened it is to be expected that some of all those people who watched "brave" partisans in movies like Sutjeska, Neretva, will come here and tell you that partisans were not like that. Well tell me than. If partisans weren't that bad, who killed 70000 people (many of them civilians) in Bleiburg? Maybe they went there by themselves and commit mass suicide?

This are fact that anybody can check this days:

70000 people were slain in Bleiburg. It was done by partisans. It was done by the direct orders of Tito.

I live conclusion to you.

Besides extorting the history, trying to portrait Nazi regime as good guys, it's a great example of a horrible movie, script, acting etc.

This is a film about black communist history in former Yugoslavia killing a lot of Nazi helpers and also innocent people, just being on wrong side during the II.World war.This film is a dishonor for Croatian film.Characters are black and white and Partisans are like Gremlins horrible and blood thirsty and the all others are innocent.Awful film !