Sleep Sweet, My Darling

Sleep Sweet, My Darling

2005 · 110 min · ★ 6.8 · Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

Zagreb, 1941. A young Tomica Škrinjar grows up on the streets of the Trešnjevka neighborhood, blissfully unaware of the brewing war on the far off frontlines. Whilst Tomica is busy developing his first crushes and playing in the sandlofts, his parents decide to hide away an Italian fascist deserter, his aunt Nadica starts a whirlwind romance with a German soldier and the military conflicts between the communist partisans and the Croatian pro-nazi militia reach their doorstep.

Directed by Neven Hitrec · Written by Hrvoje Hitrec

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Ljubomir Kerekeš Darko Škrinjar
Ivan Glowatzky Tomica Škrinjar
Ines Bojanić Tonka
Franka Kos Janja Bartolić
Višnja Babić Mira Škrinjar
Ksenija Marinković Teta Nadica
Vlatko Dulić Djed
Marija Kohn Neda Glazar
Danko Ljuština Djed Ladović
Stefanija Aćimac Starija žena kod ruševina
Inge Appelt Žena iz kvarta
Frane Babić Dječak Pikulaš

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