Evening Bells

★★★★★

Original title: Vecernja zvona

1986 · 2 h

Directed by Lordan Zafranović

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Cast

Rade Šerbedžija

Credits

Written by: Filip David

Plot

A village youth becomes a Partisan, is interned in Nazi Germany and is jailed in Yugoslavia after the Tito–Stalin split of 1948.

Sinekatalog’s take

Lordan Zafranović's drama follows a village youth who becomes a Partisan, is interned in Germany and then jailed in Yugoslavia after the Tito–Stalin split. Rade Šerbedžija leads a bitter, powerful film about idealism betrayed by history.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.2 / 10 (231 votes)
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