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Horvat's Choice

Horvat's Choice

1985 · 114 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama

It is 1918, the evening of The Great War. Austro-Hungarian empire is collapsing, and all around Croatia there are outlaw deserters, fighting in forests. A city journalist decides to become a country schoolteacher, just to find some peace in that restless political situation. But, neither the village is safe from the militaristic policy of the imperial goverment.

Directed by Eduard Galić · Written by Ivo Štivičić

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