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The Old Oak Blues

Jan 1, 2000

1h 27m

★ 0.0

Overview

On the eve of Yugoslav war in 1991, English ecologist Henry comes to the city of Osijek in order to save the world's oldest oak. After many dangerous and funny adventures, they finally arrive to nearby village where the oak is located.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Hrvatska Radiotelevizija

Interfilm

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Cast

Henry

Graham Rock

Katie

Nataša Lušetić

Ante

Ivo Gregurević

Robert Novak

Franjo Dijak

Brca

Damir Lončar

Šuco

Nenad Cvetko

Marija Ružić

Alma Prica

Pataki

Dražen Kuhn

Stephanie

Ana Buljan

Šubaraš

Darko Ćurdo

Kirurg

Boris Festini

Hrvatski vojnik

Tarik Filipović

Europe in second half of 16th century was very rough place to live. Peasants of Slovenia and Croatia had even rougher times because of the constant threat of Turk raids and being taxed to death in order to provide defence against the Turks. But, the worst things were arrogant local feudal lords led by Franjo Tahi who were oppresing the common folk. All that led to the great peasant revolt of 1573. The movie is made for the 400th anniversary of the event.

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