Academy Awards, USA 1961
| Nominee Oscar | Best Foreign Language Film Yugoslavia. |
Directed by France Štiglic
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
In Nazi-ridden Zagreb, a man convinces his son to marry a friend of the family to keep her from being sent to the concentration camps like her parents. He reluctantly agrees, but soon finds his lifestyle cramped by being married. When his classmates find out he married a Jewish girl, he is subjected to threats and harassment, particularly by a Nazi collaborator. Meanwhile, he finds himself actually falling in love with the girl. She ends up being discovered by a Nazi who recognizes her and she is sent to a camp anyway. Her husband finds the camp and is determined to get her out. The first part of the film is familiar territory and even tends toward melodrama at times. However, the scenes in the concentration camp are harrowing, and its got an unexpected ending.
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