Number 55

Number 55 (Croatian: Broj 55) is a 2014 Croatian war film directed by Kristijan Milić. It is presented as first action movie about Croatian Homeland War.

Number 55
Film poster
Directed byKristijan Milić[1]
Written byIvan Pavličić[1]
StarringGoran Bogdan
Alan Katić
CinematographyMirko Pivčević[1]
Edited byVeljko Segarić[1]
Production
company
Release date
  • 20 July 2014 (2014-07-20) (PFF)[1]
Running time
104 minutes[1]
CountryCroatia
LanguageCroatian

Film won 8 golden arenas, including the Big golden arena for the best movie. The cast also includes Luka Peroš best known for his role of Marseille in Money Heist.[2]

Plot

Movie takes place during the Homeland War in Croatia. The film is based on a true story that happened on the eve in autumn of 1991 in the small Croatian village of Kusonje, near Pakrac. A small group of Croatian soldiers went on a patrol in an improvised armored car that they had made. In Kusonje they get ambushed by Serbs and are forced to hide in a nearby abandoned house that bears the house number 55. Their resistance to the forces of the rebel Serbs, the JNA and Serbian special forces takes almost 24 hours. In parallel the film follows the efforts of their fellow soldiers to pull them out of the encirclement.

References
  1. "Broj 55". Baza HR kinematografije (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  2. "Luka Peroš Filmography". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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