Don't Look Back, My Son

Don't Look Back, My Son, also known as My Son, Don't Turn Round () in the United States, is a 1956 Yugoslav film by Croatian director Branko Bauer. It is adapted into a children's novel by the co-writer Arsen Diklić.

In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be the eighth greatest Croatian film ever made.

Plot During World War II, engineer Neven Novak, a member of the illegal Partisan resistance, escapes from a train with which the Ustashas are transporting prisoners to Jasenovac. After a successful escape, he tries to rescue his son Zoran, a boy who has been indoctrinated into Ustasha and Nazi-fascist ideology, from the Ustasha children's home in Zagreb. When Zoran learns that his father is an enemy of the regime, he refuses to flee with him to Partisan territory. Novak is faced with his son's resistance and increased pressure that the police and agents are placing on him.

Cast

Bert Sotlar as Neven Novak Zlatko Lukman as Zoran Novak Lila Andres as Vera Radojko Ježić as Leo Zlatko Madunić as agent Tihomir Polanec as shoe cleaner Marija Merlić as Paola Viki Glovacki as porter Branko Špoljar as Brkić Nikša Stefanini as head of Ustasha unit Mladen Šerment as gravedigger Ivo Pajić as Ustasha Kruno Valentić as policeman Stjepan Jurčević as Ivica's father

Awards

Pula Film Festival, 1956 - Golden Arena for Best Film

References

External links

Don't Look Back, My Son at Filmski-Programi.hr