73SSIFF - 19/27 September 2025
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Fiume o morte!

Igor Bezinović
Croatia - Italy - Slovenia      112 m.
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On 12 September 1919, a troop of some three hundred soldiers under the leadership of the flamboyant war-loving Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio swooped into the Northern-Adriatic port town of Fiume, now Rijeka (Croatia), wanting to annex the city to Italy. Over the course of the next 16 months, during what is regarded as one of the most bizarre militant sieges of all time, his official photography team captured over 10,000 images.

Director
Igor Bezinović (Croatia)
Screenplay
Igor Bezinović
Production
Restart
Co-Production
Videomante, Nosorogi
Photography
Gregor Božič
Edition
Hrvoslava Brkusić
Music
Hrvoje Niksić, Giovanni Maier
Sound
Eric Guerrino Nardin
Running Time
112 m.
Country
Croatia - Italy - Slovenia
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