Dara of Jasenovac

Nov 25, 2020

2h 10m

★ 7.5

Overview

During the Nazi-occupied Ustasha regime "NDH" in former Yugoslavia during WWII, little girl Dara is sent to the concentration camp complex Jasenovac in Croatia also known as "Balkan's Auschwitz".

Genres

Drama

History

War

Production Companies

Dandelion Production

Film Danas

Komuna

Dara of Jasenovac Trailers

Cast

Dara

Biljana Čekić

Vjekoslav 'Maks' Luburić

Marko Janketić

Fra Majstorović

Vuk Kostić

Ante Vrban

Igor Đorđević

Radojka

Nataša Ninković

Čovek koji je odbijen da uđe u voz

Radoslav 'Rale' Milenković

Nada Ilić

Anja Stanić

Mileva

Nikolina Friganović

Mile Ilić

Zlatan Vidović

Stjepan

Željko Erkić

Nemački oficir

Petar Zekavica

Vera Stanić

Sandra Ljubojević

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