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The Ninth Circle (1960)

The Ninth Circle poster
Original title
Deveti krug
Directed by
France Štiglic
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 11 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young Jewish woman is taken to a Croatian concentration camp during World War II. The film follows her struggle to survive in the brutal setting.

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What happens

The Ninth Circle (Serbo-Croatian: Deveti krug / Девети круг) is a 1960 Yugoslavian film directed by France Štiglic. The story revolves around the Croatian Ustaše concentration camp named The Ninth Circle, based on the infamous Jasenovac concentration camp. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also entered into the 1960 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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