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The Chicken Stealers

The Chicken Stealers

1968 · 76 min · TV Movie, War

At the very end of the WW2, two Croatian Home Guard soldiers run home in German uniforms. They managed to save their lives and spent most of their time stealing chickens and eggs for their superior officer. Their uncertain journey ends with the last task: to escort the arrested partisan agent.

Directed by Mario Fanelli · Written by Ivo Štivičić

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