Don't Look Back, My Son

6.8 (11 votes)• 1956• 101m•Released

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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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Languages: Croatian

Director: Branko Bauer

Starring Cast: Bert Sotlar, Lila Andres, Zlatko Lukman, Mladen Hanzlovsky, Radojko Jezić, Stjepan Jurčević

Cast

Bert Sotlar

Neven Novak

Lila Andres

Vera

Zlatko Lukman

Zoran Novak

Mladen Hanzlovsky

Ivica Dobrić

Radojko Jezić

Leo

Stjepan Jurčević

Ivičin otac

Greta Kraus-Aranicki

Greta, Ivičina majka

Zlatko Madunić

Agent

Tihomir Polanec

Čistač cipela

Nikša Stefanini

Šef ustaške nadzorne službe

Vladimir Bačić

Nadstojnik - Poglavnikova odgajališta

Kolja Carević

Vladimir Dopuđa

Nela Eržišnik

Žena na prozoru

Viki Glovacki

Portir

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