H-8 (film)


H-8 is a 1958 Yugoslav film directed by Nikola Tanhofer.

Plot

During a rainstorm, a reckless car driver causes the collision of a bus and a truck on a two-lane road between Zagreb and Belgrade. The film covers the events on the bus and the truck leading up to the crash, and the lives of the characters who end up in the crash.

Cast

The movie is based on a true story, in which the driver that caused a fatal 1957 bus-truck collision was never identified. "H-8" is the beginning of that driver's license plate, the only available information on the culprit's vehicle.

Reception

In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.

Awards