Number 55 (Croatian: Broj 55) is a 2014 Croatian war film directed by Kristijan Milić, billed as "the first action movie" about the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence.

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Number 55
Film poster
Directed by	Kristijan Milić[1]
Written by	Ivan Pavličić[1]
Starring	Goran Bogdan Alan Katić
Cinematography	Mirko Pivčević[1]
Edited by	Veljko Segarić[1]
Production company	Croatian Radiotelevision[1]
Release date	20 July 2014 (2014-07-20) (PFF)[1]
Running time	104 minutes[1]
Country	Croatia
Language	Croatian

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

External links

• Number 55 at IMDb

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