The Girl and the Oak

The Girl and the Oak

1955 · 82 min · ★ 6.3 · Drama

Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree and she is left without parents. Luckily, she gets adopted and continues to nurture the oak where her mother died. Many years later, Smilja is a handsome woman, but her jealous stepbrother Josip kills her boyfriend Ivan and rapes her. Ivan's brothers swear revenge.

Directed by Krešimir Golik · Written by Mirko Božić

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