Five soldiers, one baby, no reinforcements. Yugoslav cinema's bleakest hour.
A group of partisans fight to the last man to cover a retreat, leaving only five, who take the newborn child of a dead woman with them. Based on the novel by Mihajlo Ranovcevic.
Acting
Pavle Vuisić's weary eyes carry entire monologues.
Cinematography
Smoke-choked forests that swallow hope whole.
Director
Vladimir Pogačić
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