Three Poplars (1976)
The film was created based on the stories of Marino Zurl, head of humanitarian action of the weekly Arena newspapers, who from 1963 to 1971 was looking for the next of kin of children separated from their parents during World War II and taken to camps and shelters. Many of them later grew up in orphanages or foster families, like the three main characters of this film, Ana (Biserka Ipša), Nenad (Mustafa Nadarević) and Toma (Božidar Orešković). Each of them relates in a different way to the past and the possibility that, as young accomplished adults, they can finally solve the secret of their identity and meet members of their real families.
Director: Joakim Marušić
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Mustafa Nadarević as Nenad |
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Božidar Orešković as Tomo |
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Biserka Ipša as Ana |
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Neva Rošić as Eva |
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Vlasta Knezović as Vesna |
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Uglješa Kojadinović as Stevan Slijepčević |
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Branka Cvitković as Anina sestra |
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Boris Banda as Boksački trener |
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Vlatko Dulić as Menadžer |
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Vlado Zeljković as Seljak stihoklepac |
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Mate Ergović as Anin usvojitelj |
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Ljubomir 'Kiki' Kapor as TV voditelj |
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Vjera Žagar-Nardelli as Anina usvojiteljica |
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Nevenka Šain as |
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Dragan Sučić as Ilija |
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Slobodan Velimirović as Njemački turista u lovu & SS oficir |
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Zaim Muzaferija as Milan |
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Zlatko Martinčević as Miloš |
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Petar Dobrić as |
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Vladimir Obleščuk as Rade |
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Zlatko Štefanac as |
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Velimir Chytil as |
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Jana Kasper as |
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Krsto Krnić as |
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Zvonimir Torjanac as Redatelj u kazalištu & Ustaški satnik |
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Muhamed Čejvan as Kočijaš |
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Zlatko Lepej as |
| Writing | Joakim Marušić | Writer |
| Writing | Marino Zurl | Writer |
| Directing | Joakim Marušić | Director |
| Writing | Zora Dirnbach | Writer |