Deveti krug (1960)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

France Stiglic

Writers:

Zora Dirnbach (story)
Vladimir Koch (writer)

Release Date:

21 April 1960 (Yugoslavia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In order to save Jewish girl from the Nazis and their colaborators, Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their young son...

Plot Keywords:

Holocaust | WWII

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Boris Dvornik	...	Ivo Vojnovic
Dusica Zegarac	...	Ruth Alakalaj
Beba Loncar	...	Magda (as Desanka Loncar)
Dragan Milivojevic	...	Zvonko
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Djurdjica Devic
Ervina Dragman	...	Ivina majka
Bozidar Drnic
Milos Kandic
Mihajlo Kostic-Pljaka	...	Mladen
Zlatko Madunic
Vera Misita	...	Tetka
Djurdja Segedin
Rikard Simonelli		(as Richard Simonelli)
Branko Tatic	...	Ivin otac
Kresimir Zidaric

Also Known As:

The Ninth Circle (USA)

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

Dolac, Zagreb, Croatia

Company:

Jadran Film

Trivia:

When escaping from the Vojnovic house into a dark night, Ruth descends the Male Stube stairs to Kozarska Street, then runs to Ratkajev prolaz, where she's almost caught by the Gestapo car. While Ivo is returning home, in the attempt to find her, we can hear the church bells ring, and behind him we see the church of St. Martin's on Vlaska Street, Zagreb.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The snow covering the courtyard is apparently not real snow. It is so dry and powdery, that Ruth does not seem to leave any steps in it. Also, when Ruth grabs it to make a snowball, it disintegrates instantly, although in the next shot, we see Ivo catching it.