The Old Oak Blues
2000-01-01 · 87 min · ★ 7.0
Osijek, Eastern Croatian Front, 1991. British ecologist Henry arrives in town to find and protect the oak in the village of Stari Rastovac, believed to be the oldest of its kind in the world, from getting torn down by both enemy forces and Croatian soldiers. He's joined in his efforts by a British reporter, a mysterious local teenage guide and a member of the Croatain National Guard, with the merry crew encountering a slew of troubles and misadventures along their way through the no man's land.
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- Directors
- Branko Schmidt
- Production companies
- Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, Interfilm
- Countries
- Croatia
- Status
- Released
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Ivo GregurevićAnte
Franjo DijakRobert Novak
Damir LončarBrca
Alma PricaMarija Ružić
Dražen KuhnPataki
Tarik FilipovićHrvatski vojnik
Ivana GrahovacAmerička novinarka
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