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Taking matters into her own hands, Diana begins organizing a campaign that will have saved more than 10,000 children. Based on her diaries, this captivating true story combines fiction, survivors’ testimonies and rarely seen archives of World War II Croatia and Ustasha camps.
The film tells the story of the aid operation of humanitarian Diana Budisavljević for the rescue of more than 10,000 - mainly Orthodox Christian Serbs - children from concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia during WWII. The film had its world premiere at the 2019 Pula Film Festival.
Oct 3, 2019 · The story of Diana Budisavljevic, who embarked on a campaign of rescuing more than 10,000 children from the Ustasha camps in Nazi-occupied Croatia. A dramatized retelling mixed with archival material and interviews with survivors.
- (1.5K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Dana Budisavljevic
- 2019-10-03
Jul 4, 2019 · THE DIARY OF DIANA B. (Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević) docufiction, 88min, 2019. produced by Hulahop (Croatia) with December (Slovenia) and This and That (Serbia) www.hulahop.hr.
- 2 min
- 13.5K
- hulahop films
Archival footage, interviews and dramatic reenactments reveal the true story of a woman's campaign to rescue internees from Croatian death camps in WWII. Watch trailers & learn more.
- Dana Budisavljevic
Jul 23, 2019 · The life and work of Austrian-Croatian humanitarian Diana Budisavljević, who saved over 10,000 children from the perils of Ustasha concentration camps during World War II, was and still is one of the best-kept secrets in Croatia.
Synopsis. Deeply troubled by the persecution of innocent mothers and children in Nazi-occupied Croatia, Diana, a distinguished Austrian, undertakes what is to become one of the largest rescue campaigns of World War II - one that saved 10,000 children from certain death.
