We're Going Separate Ways


We're Going Separate Ways is a Croatian World War II melodrama directed by Šime Šimatović. It was released in 1957 and preserved by Croatian national archive. The film was seen as perpetuating socialist realist ideology in Yugoslavia, and fared badly with both critics and audiences. The film was exported to East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary and the United States.

Plot summary

The film is set during World War II in Zagreb. Partisan Vjera Dogan breaks up with fellow activist Mirko. She admits to him she has fallen in love with Vilko Klančar, impressed with the way he withstood torture at a police interrogation. However, Vilko has actually turned informant, and Vjera's poor judgment will affect the destinies of people around her.

Cast

  • Bata Grbić as Mirko
  • Saša Novak as Vjera Dogan
  • Boris Hržić as Vilko Klančar
  • Miloš Jeknić as Spinach
  • Joža Gregorin as Inspector Maraš
  • Rudolf Kukić as Alojzije Žganjer
  • Mira Nikolić as Nada
  • Milan Milošević as Goran Koren
  • Adam Vedernjak as Davor Vuković
  • Viktor Bek as the doctor
  • Krunoslava Ebrić Frlić as the landlady
  • Tanja Kraus as the chemist