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Don't Look Back, My Son (1956) [N/A]

Featuring:
Bert Sotlar, Lila Andres, Zlatko Lukman

Written by:
Branko Bauer
Arsen Diklic

Directed by:
Branko Bauer


Release Date:
July 15, 1956

Original Title:
Ne okreći se sine

Alternate Titles:
My Son Don't Turn Round

Genres:
Drama | Thriller | War

Production Companies:
Jadran Film

Production Countries:
Yugoslavia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 101

Overview from TheMovieDB

Engineer and leftist illegal Neven Novak runs away from a train in which Ustashas transport their prisoners to the prison camp Jasenovac. He returns to Zagreb and tries to save his son Zoran from an orphanage. During his stay in the orphanage, Zoran was indoctrinated with fascist ideology. When he realizes that his father is an enemy of the regime, he refuses to escape with Zoran to the Partisans' territory. Novak faces his son's antagonism and the police that chase after them.

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Overview from Open Movies

A partisan comes secretly to town to find about what happened to his little son who barely remembers him. He is horrified when he finds out that his son is raised in a colaborators' orphanage, brought up to hate communists and partisans. He decides to take his son to the freed territory with him, but will he manage to escape the police checkings?

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Rankings and Honors

Don't Look Back, My Son (1956) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 7.5/10
Awards Won: 1 win

Performers

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Production

Art Direction:
Tihomir Piletić

Costume Design:
Tea Stefancic

Director:
Branko Bauer

Director of Photography:
Branko Blažina

Editor:
Boris Tešija

Original Music Composer:
Bojan Adamič

Production Design:
Želimir Zagotta

Writer:
Branko Bauer
Arsen Diklić

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