Fragments: Chronicle of a Vanishing

Jan 1, 1991

1h 37m

★ 5.0

Overview

A young man is determined to find out what happened to his grandfather who was arrested and then disappeared in WW2, why did the new communist government label their family as traitors and why was his father killed many years later.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Jadran Film

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija

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Cast

Ivan Livaja

Filip Šovagović

Ines Livaja

Alma Prica

Lovro Livaja

Slavko Juraga

Vinko

Ivo Gregurević

Tomo Livaja

Božidar Orešković

Marija

Nada Subotić

Ana Mandić

Ana Karić

Drug Marko

Đuro Utješanović

Urednik

Vanja Drach

Doktor

Goran Grgić

Poštar Stipe

Špiro Guberina

Drug Mandić

Krunoslav Šarić

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