The Ninth Circle

In order to save a friend's daughter, a 17-year-old Jewish girl, from the Ustashas, the Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their son Ivo.

Cast

Dušica Žegarac

as Ruth Alkalaj

Boris Dvornik

as Ivo Vojnović

Branko Tatić

as Ivo's father

Ervina Dragman

as Ivo's mother

Dragan Milivojević

as Zvonko

Vera Misita

as Aunt

Beba Lončar

as Magda

Mihajlo Kostić 'Pljaka'

as Mladen

Božidar Drnić

as Ruth's father

Đurđa Šegedin

as Ruth's mother

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