''Long Dark Night'' () is a 2004 Croatian film dealing with

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

and its aftermath. It was

directed Direct may refer to: Mathematics * Directed set, in order theory * Direct limit of (pre), sheaves * Direct sum of modules, a construction in abstract algebra which combines several vector spaces Computing * Direct access (disambiguation), a ...

Antun Vrdoljak Antun Vrdoljak (; born 5 June 1931) is a Croatian film actor and director, sports official, and head of Croatian Radiotelevision during the Yugoslav Wars. Between the 1960s and early 1990s he was mainly a film artist. In the early 1990s he became ...

and starred

Goran Višnjić Goran Višnjić ( ; born 9 September 1972) is a Croatian actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Luka Kovač in '' ER'' and Garcia Flynn in '' Timeless'', both NBC television series. For ''ER'', he and the cast were nominated for two Scre ...

. It was Croatia's submission to the

77th Academy Awards The 77th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on February 27, 2005, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. Durin ...

for the

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, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was also adapted into a 13-episode TV series broadcast by the

Croatian Radiotelevision ''Hrvatska radiotelevizija'' ( HRT), or Croatian Radiotelevision, is a Croatian public broadcasting company. It operates several radio and television channels, over a domestic transmitter network as well as satellite. HRT is divided into three ...

in 2005.

Cast

- Ivan Kolar - Iva *

Mustafa Nadarević Mustafa Nadarević (2 May 1943 – 22 November 2020) was a Bosnian actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors from the former Yugoslavia, he starred in over 70 films, including '' The Smell of Quinces'' (1982), '' When Father Was Away on ...

- Španac * Ivo Gregurević - Major * Goran Navojec - Matija Čačić - Mata *

Boris Dvornik Boris Dvornik (; 16 April 1939 – 24 March 2008) was a Croatian actor. Biography Born in Split to the family of a carpenter, Dvornik discovered acting talent at an early age, while performing in children's plays. After studying to become an el ...

- Luka Kolar * Tarik Filipović - Joka * - Vera Kolar *

Žarko Potočnjak Žarko Potočnjak (3 February 1946 – 21 October 2021) was a Croatian theatre, television and film actor. Potočnjak graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb, Zagreb Academy of Dramatic Art in 1972. Upon graduation he w ...

- Alojz * Vera Zima - Kata *

Alen Liverić Alen Liverić (born 1 January 1967) is a Croatian actor. Filmography Television Game * Zid as HRT 1, HRT1 Television roles * "Novine" as Toni Nardelli (2016-2018) * "Vatre ivanjske" as Patrik Vidan (2014-2015) * "Zora dubrovačka (TV se ...

- Jozef Schmit * Goran Grgić - Franz Kirchmeier * Krešimir Mikić - Robert Neuman

References

External links

* 2004 films Croatian World War II films Films directed by Antun Vrdoljak Films shot in Croatia Croatian war films Films set in Yugoslavia during World War II 2000s war films 2000s Croatian-language films {{Croatia-film-stub