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Hamburg Altona (film)
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Wikipedia article
'Hamburg Altona' is a 1989 Yugoslav anthology film directed by Mladen Mitrovi, Vedran Mihleti and Dragutin Krencer.
Plot
Three inmates, ombe (eljko Vukmirica), Menso (Mirsad Zuli) and Bogart (Filip ovagovi), escape from prison in order to go to Hamburg, their dream destination. Before they temporarily split and go to their respective towns, they agree to meet in Zagreb and board the train to Hamburg together.
From that point on, the film develops into three separate plots: in Rijeka, ombe attempts to get even with Mrva, his former partner in crime who betrayed him, Menso is spending time with his wife and children in a Bosnian village, while Bogart starts a romance with a handsome teacher in the outskirts of Belgrade.
Upon learning from the newspapers that his two comrades have been arrested, Bogart makes a last-minute change in his plan...
Reception
'Hamburg Altona', the feature film debut for the three young directors, received mixed reviews from the critics. They criticized the screenplay and direction for being somewhat clichd and predictable, but found the mix of crime film and melodrama interesting.
Sources
* [http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=99 Hamburg Altona] at hrfilm.hr
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