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Number 55
Number 55
	Film poster
Directed by	Kristijan Milić
Written by	Ivan Pavličić
Starring	Goran Bogdan ; Alan Katić
Cinematography	Mirko Pivčević
Edited by	Veljko Segarić
Production; company	Croatian Radiotelevision
Release date	20 July 2014 (PFF);
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Croatia
Language	Croatian

Number 55 (Croatian: Broj 55) is a 2014 Croatian war film directed by Kristijan Milić, billed as "the first action movie" about the 1991–95 Croatian War of Independence.

The film won eight Golden Arenas, including the Big Golden Arena for Best Film. The cast also includes Luka Peroš best known for his role of Marseille in Money Heist.^[2]

Plot

Movie takes place during the Independence War in Croatia. The film is based on a true story that happened on the eve in autumn of 1991 in the small Croatian village of Kusonje, near Pakrac. A small group of Croatian soldiers went on a patrol in an improvised armored car that they had made. In Kusonje, they get ambushed by Serb forces and are forced to hide in a nearby abandoned house that bears the house number 55. Their resistance to the rebeling forces, the JNA and Serbian special forces takes almost 24 hours. In parallel, the film follows the efforts of their fellow soldiers to pull them out of the encirclement.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Broj 55". Baza HR kinematografije (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
^ "Luka Peroš Filmography". imdb.com. Retrieved 23 April 2020.