Back to browse
68% Critic Match
Don't Look Back, My Son
6.8 / 10• 1956• 1h 41m•NR• Croatian
WarDramaThriller
Storyline
Engineer and leftist illegal Neven Novak runs away from a train in which Ustashas transport their prisoners to the prison camp Jasenovac. He returns to Zagreb and tries to save his son Zoran from an orphanage. During his stay in the orphanage, Zoran was indoctrinated with fascist ideology. When he realizes that his father is an enemy of the regime, he refuses to escape with Zoran to the Partisans' territory. Novak faces his son's antagonism and the police that chase after them.
Cast & Crew
Bert Sotlar
Neven Novak
LeadLA
Lila Andres
Vera
ZL
Zlatko Lukman
Zoran Novak
MH
Mladen Hanzlovsky
Ivica Dobrić
RJ
Radojko Jezić
Leo
SJ
Stjepan Jurčević
Ivičin otac
GK
Greta Kraus-Aranicki
Greta, Ivičina majka
Zlatko Madunić
Agent
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Branko Bauer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Don't Look Back, My Son is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
