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 (Croatia)
Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser
Co-Production
Videomante (Italy)
Erica Barbiani
Nosorogi (Slovenia)
Marina Gumzi
Sales
Lightdox (France)
Photography
Gregor Božič
Editing
Hrvoslava Brkusić
Music
Hrvoje Niksić, Giovanni Maier
Sound
Eric Guerrino Nardin
Format
DCP FOLLOWING DCI
Run time
112 m.
Original language of the film
Croatian , Italian , Other language
Country
Croatia - Italy - Slovenia
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