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The Whirl

  • Fiction Film
  • 92'
drama, omnibus
  • 1964
  • Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

FATHER: An old man asks Germans to free his two sons who are kept as hostages. Germans only agree to free one of them. The father cannot accept this offer and wants to die together with both of his sons. But Germans shoot the sons and condemn the old man to live with this burden. SWAMP: A wounded partisan, afraid of dying decides to surrender to the enemy. They welcome him with guns. WHIRL: A father is trying to save his wounded son from the enemy’s camp. He takes a boat and travels down the river. Not knowing which bank to go to they both die in the whirls of the river.

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Alternative title
The Whirl (English)
Vrtinec (Slovenian)
Genres
drama, omnibus
Production countries
Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Technical data
Duration and length
92' / 2512 meters
Colour
Black and white
Sound
mono
Negative format
film 35mm
Screening formats
film 35mm

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