H-8... (1958)

A bus and a truck are destined to collide with each other on a highway. Their passengers go on about their lives without knowing what will happen.

Director:

Nikola Tanhofer

Writers:

Zvonimir Berkovic (idea), Zvonimir Berkovic

Stars:

Boris Buzancic, Djurdja Ivezic, Antun Vrdoljak

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Boris Buzancic	...	Boris - Journalist
Djurdja Ivezic	...	Alma Novak
Antun Vrdoljak	...	Photographer
Vanja Drach	...	Kreso
Stane Sever	...	Pongrac Co-Driver
Marija Kohn	...	Mrs. Jakupec
Mira Nikolic	...	Young Mother
Mia Oremovic	...	Svicarcev's Wife
Marijan Lovric	...	Rudolf Knez
Fabijan Sovagovic	...	Franjo Rosic
Pero Kvrgic	...	Mr. Jakupec
Ljubica Jovic	...	Kreso's Wife
Rudolf Kukic	...	Svicarac
Andro Lusicic	...	Dr. Sestan
Sinisa Knaflec	...	Vladimir Knez

Storyline

A bus and a truck are moving towards each other along a two-way traffic highway on a rainy day. At the very beginning we learn that a reckless driver of another car will cause them to collide while trying to pass the bus; we even learn what seats will spell doom for their occupants. The rest of the movie follows two streams of events on the bus and on the truck, getting us to know and like a wide variety of characters, wondering which ones will end up being casualties and holding breath for our favourites. The epilogue brings some more surprises...

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Plot Keywords:

bus | truck | highway | car | lucky charm | 

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Did You Know?

Trivia

H-8 is the beginning of the license plate--the only information that was available on the culprit's vehicle. H stood for Croatia (Hrvatska).

User Reviews

H 8

H 8 is a film from my home country Croatia and i must admit that this film nust be one of the best that my country ever made cause God knows how many awful films we made through history but this one and few others are proof that we have filmmaking talent but only wrong people are suitable for making films except the good and talented ones.Story in this film was quite fresh during that times cause then they didnt have this kind of films very often so this film was quite original and fresh back then.Characters are also good and their conversations and interesting till end. H 8 was a film that surprised me a bit

Details

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Croatian German

Release Date:

15 July 1958 (Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

H-8

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jadran Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min (with exit song)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1