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{{Infobox film

| name = H-8

| image = Argentine promotional poster film H-8.gif

| caption = Argentine promotional poster

| director = Nikola Tanhofer

| producer =

| writer = Zvonimir Berkovi
Tomislav Butorac

| starring = ura Ivezi
Boris Buzani
Antun Vrdoljak
Vanja Drach
Marijan Lovri

| music = Dragutin Savin

| cinematography = Slavko Zalar

| editing = Radojka Tanhofer

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 105 minutes

| country = Yugoslavia

| language = Serbo-Croatian

| budget =

}}

'H-8' is a 1958 Yugoslav film directed by Nikola Tanhofer starring ura Ivezi, Boris Buzani, and Antun Vrdoljak.

Plot



During a rainstorm, a reckless car driver causes the collision of a bus and a truck on a two-lane road between Zagreb and Belgrade. The film covers the events on the bus and the truck leading up to the crash, and the lives of the characters who end up in the crash.

Cast



*ura Ivezi as Alma Novak

*Boris Buzani as Journalist Boris

*Antun Vrdoljak as Photographer

*Vanja Drach as Kreo

*Marijan Lovri as Rudolf Knez

*Mira Nikoli as Young Mother

*Antun Nalis as Thief Ivica

*Mia Oremovi

*Stane Sever

*Pero Kvrgi

*Marija Kohn

*Fabijan ovagovi

*Ljubica Jovi

*Ivan ubi

*Sinia Knaflec

Background



The movie is based on a true story, in which the driver that caused a fatal 1957 bus-truck collision was never identified. "H-8" is the beginning of that driver's license plate, the only available information on the culprit's vehicle.

Reception



In a 1999 poll among 44 Croatian film critics and film historians, 'H-8' placed second in the list of all-time best Croatian films, behind 'One Song a Day Takes Mischief Away'. In a similar 2020 poll, it placed first.

Awards



* H-8 won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the 1958 Pula Film Festival.

See also



*List of Yugoslav films

References




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