The Sunken Cemetery

The Sunken Cemetery

98 mins | Thriller, Horror | Dec. 19, 2002

Ivan, in his early forties, returns, after many years of absence to his native town - a typical Middle - European small town in Northern of Croatia. His roaming through Europe left him in a rather distraught state and he is now in search for his identity and peace of mind. As a child of five, he was, literary taken from his birth-place and now - bereft of his parents and family, he will try to solve the puzzling event of his childhood. Thus, in this place where so many unusual things have happened which may have had an influence on the dramatic destiny his family has suffered, he turns attention to himself by to his personal investigation. The town is, however, threatened by the river which already has sunk a good part of the cemetery. Along this threat an unexpected plot, in the genre of a film noir, thriller and horror - a certain «fantasy of soul», develops.

The Sunken Cemetery

98 mins | Thriller, Horror | Dec. 19, 2002

The Sunken Cemetery
Ivan, in his early forties, returns, after many years of absence to his native town - a typical Middle - European small town in Northern of Croatia. His roaming through Europe left him in a rather distraught state and he is now in search for his identity and peace of mind. As a child of five, he was, literary taken from his birth-place and now - bereft of his parents and family, he will try to solve the puzzling event of his childhood. Thus, in this place where so many unusual things have happened which may have had an influence on the dramatic destiny his family has suffered, he turns attention to himself by to his personal investigation. The town is, however, threatened by the river which already has sunk a good part of the cemetery. Along this threat an unexpected plot, in the genre of a film noir, thriller and horror - a certain «fantasy of soul», develops.
Producers Jadran Film, Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, Interfilm
Original title Potonulo groblje
Directors Mladen Juran
Writers Mladen Juran, Goran Tribušon

Cast

Sven Medvešek

as Ivan Hum

Barbara Nola

as Marilyn

Jiří Menzel

as Doktor Javorski

Božidar Smiljanić

as Svećenik

Ksenija Pajić

as Službenica

Boris Svrtan

as Inženjer Grobar

Siniša Bahun

as Jurica Šarenac

Nina Erak-Svrtan

as Ana Fuchs

Tihomil Hamilton

as Aleksandar Kovak

Darko Plovanić

as Upravitelj groblja

Zvonimir Torjanac

as Dr. Vrtovec / Doktor Vrtovec

Adnan Palangić

as Gostioničar

Goran Rakić

as Ćelavac

Domagoj Šereg

as dječak Ivan Hum

Lucija Šereg

as djevojčica Sanja Hum

Dubravka Šereg

as majka Ivana Hum

Željko Duvnjak

as Službenik

Dubravko Melnjak

as Biciklist

Mirko Boman

as Vozač kamiona