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Blucher One of the worst movies I've ever seen

Ploydsge just watch it!

GurlyIamBeach Instant Favorite.

kray-8 Well, there was another great Croatian movie with a similar topic that is by far better - it is "Sokol ga nije volio" by Fabijan Sovagovic. In that movie, characters are much deeper, more developed and much more convincing. This movie ("Duga mracna noc") is also problematic from historical point of view, and, of course yes, is highly influenced by "state" propaganda, never mind that the plot is placed 60-70 years ago. During WWII Croatia was NOT occupied by Nazi-Germans, it was Nazi ally and with their own Nazi Ustasha regime there was no need (or no place actually) for punishment of Croatian villagers (burning scene) by German soldiers, they had their own to do such things and the victims were Serbian villages. Serbs were the vast majority of partisan forces during the war. There is also one illogical thing about insignia - partisans wore red star as non-national, international and ideological sign. Here, partisans of German nationality wore German flag with red star? Second part of movie (after the war) is better, but still soft and underdeveloped. All in all, if you want to lose 3 hours of your life to see how thing didn't take place actually, be my guest.

njlionstorm On April 2, 2005 I went to the "Cinema Croatia" film festival in Santa Monica to see DUGA MRACNA NOC. Goran Visnjic was there to introduce the movie. He explained that the movie is a distillation of scenes taken from the Croatian TV series, of the same name, that is presently airing in his homeland. He further explained that the 5 1/2-hour long, original director's cut, was edited down to the award winning (Pula Film festival), 3-hour theatrical release that was Croatia's official submission to the American Academy Awards best foreign film committee.I enjoyed the film and think Goran Visnjic masterfully portrayed of Iva Kolar, and made the character so real that I was immediately drawn into the movie. Mr. Visnjic's talented use of body language and facial expression, as well as the particular way he delivers his lines, is nothing less than genius."DUGA MRACNA NOC" is an intense story about how friendship and personal loyalty can ultimately mitigate the ravages of intolerance, war, and political upheaval. Its message of personal honor and love of humanity is something any one can relate to, and learn from.I am also following the progress of the TV series, "DUGA MRACNA NOC," now airing on HRT, via the detailed descriptions and dialog translations sent to me by a Croatian pen pal, as well as from watching video clips of the TV episodes that can be found at the Bleu Profond website (see miscellaneous links at IMDb's Goran Visnjic page). I look forward to obtaining the TV series as soon as it is published as a DVD or video.Nancy Lion-Storm

ericaleerhsenfan Great director. Antun Vrdoljak showed to us that not only he can make a spectacular, also that he can present the true horror in Croatia. Good plot, good actors (G.Visnjic and G.Navojec were great!) But I wanted something else. I don't know what, but I expected more(I don't say the film wasn't bad, in fact, it was excellent), but I just thought it will show something else. Because the story is going to fast, you can't know what will happen in the next moment, and things are happening in every moment. But I liked the film, enjoyed the series, loved the plot, the actors, the director.... Looking it in a perspective way, this film was a true story about the horrible things that happened in Croatia). So, if you're interested in watching this film, I truly recommended it!

oyster_without_soul This film is a result of a Croatian wannabe director wanting to make a Hollywood type historic spectacle. Naturally he flunked big time. Film even includes great Hollywood star Goran Visnjic??? If you are interested to see how bunch of Slavonians coped with WWII tragedies by drinking hard liquor, playing their 'tambura' instruments and saying cheesy lines during the not so short duration time of 200 minutes of theatrical emotional expressions and bad acting, go ahead... My subjective opinion is that if you can't make a point in 90 or 120 minutes, why even bother and 200 minutes, come on, quality before quantity. But you could probably enjoy this movie if you are interested in Croatian films in general, because this is a very specific school of film mainly based on politically funded comedies, social drama and war films.