第九圈

克罗地亚第一部获奥斯卡最佳外语片提名的影片，同时也是当年嘎纳金棕榈提名影片，不过导演其实是斯洛文尼亚人，后来拍了不少很经典的斯洛文尼亚影片。THE NINTH CIRCLE (DEVETI KRUG), 1960, Jadran Film ,107 min. Dir. France StiglicA classic of early 60's Croatian cinema and nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, THE NINTH CIRCLE is a heartbreaking, inexorably powerful drama about the love affair between two young people - one a Christian and one a Jew - during the terrifying days of WW2. A hotheaded engineering student, Ivo (Boris Dvornik) agrees to an arranged marriage with a shy young Jewish girl, Ruth (Dusica Zegarac) at the urging of his parents, to protect her from the anti-Semitic violence sweeping through Croatia. Ivo thinks he can continue his own personal life with his long-time girlfriend on the side - but soon finds out, to his bitter regret, that a"wife", even in name only, is a complicated commitment. Slowly, his resentment of Ruth is replaced by a grudging acceptance, which grows inevitably into love - a love that can't protect the two from the tragic and horrifying reality spreading all around them.