
The Seventh Cronicle
1996-01-01 · 97 min · ★ 10.0
In the mid-1950s, an unnamed convict succsesfully manages to escape from the Goli Otok prison island, seeking shelter in a monastery on the nearby island of Rab and striking a kinship with one of the nuns in it. A few days later, an agent of the Yugoslav State Security Service arrives on the island, desperate to find the man's whereabouts. The nuns and the monks face a decision of their lifetime. Are they going to turn the wounded man they know nothing about to the authorities, or will they continue concealing him and risk their lives in the process?
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- Directors
- Bruno Gamulin
- Production companies
- Graphis, Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, Jadran Film
- Countries
- Croatia
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Rene MedvešekFugitive
Alma PricaSister Klara
Sven MedvešekAgent
Josip GendaOdoriko
Ivo GregurevićKapo
Vili MatulaAntonije
Suzana NikolićVedrana
Doris Šarić-KukuljicaSister Rozalija
Dragan DespotFriend
Semka Sokolović-BertokMarijela
Ljubomir 'Kiki' KaporKuzma
Ivica VidovićMagister
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