H-8 (film) explained

H-8
Director:Nikola Tanhofer
Starring:Đurđa Ivezić
Boris Buzančić
Antun Vrdoljak
Vanja Drach
Marijan Lovrić
Music:Dragutin Savin
Cinematography:Slavko Zalar
Editing:Radojka Tanhofer
Runtime:105 minutes
Country:Yugoslavia
Language:Serbo-Croatian

H-8 is a 1958 Yugoslav film directed by Nikola Tanhofer starring Đurđa Ivezić, Boris Buzančić, and Antun Vrdoljak.

Plot

During a rainstorm, a reckless car driver causes the collision of a bus and a truck on a two-lane road between Zagreb and Belgrade. The film covers the events on the bus and the truck leading up to the crash, and the lives of the characters who end up in the crash.

Cast

Background

The movie is based on a true story, in which the driver that caused a fatal 1957 bus-truck collision was never identified. "H-8" is the beginning of that driver's license plate, the only available information on the culprit's vehicle.[1] [2]

Reception

In a 1999 poll among 44 Croatian film critics and film historians, H-8 placed second in the list of all-time best Croatian films, behind One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away.[3] In a similar 2020 poll, it placed first.[4]

Awards

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tajna limuzine H-8.
  2. Web site: Jutarnji list - Nesreća H-8 još me proganja. Ne sjećam se udara, samo onog poslije: Panika, zapomaganje. 29 November 2020.
  3. News: "Tko pjeva, zlo ne misli" najbolji hrvatski film svih vremena! . https://web.archive.org/web/20180420061841/http://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/19991128/kultura.htm . 2018-04-20 . hr . . 1999-11-28 . 2013-02-08.
  4. Web site: Inventura hrvatske kinematografije: Kritičari izabrali najbolji domaći igrani, dokumentarni i animirani film. T.Ba./Hina. 24 November 2020. tportal.hr. hr. 1 December 2020.
  5. Web site: Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films (1958). .