The Diary of Diana B.

The Diary of Diana B. (Croatian: Dnevnik Diane Budisavljević) is a 2019 biographical film directed by Dana Budisavljević.^[1] 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. It won four Golden Arenas, including the Big Golden Arena for Best Film.^[2]

The Diary of Diana B.
Directed by	Dana Budisavljević
Screenplay by	Dana Budisavljević
Produced by	Hulahop, December film, This and That productions
Starring	Alma Prica Biserka Ipša [hr] Igor Samobor Mirjana Karanović
Music by	Alan Sinkauz, Nenad Sinkauz
Release date	18 July 2019 (2019-07-18) (PFF)
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia
Languages	Croatian, German

Cast

• Alma Prica - Diana Budisavljević
• Biserka Ipša [hr] - Ivanka Džakula
• Igor Samobor [sl] - Julije Budisavljević
• Ermin Bravo – Kamilo Bresler
• Areta Ćurković – Dragica Habazin
• Mirjana Karanović – Mira Kušević
• Vilim Matula - narednik Hecker
• Krešimir Mikić - Robert Stein
• Krunoslav Šarić - Đuro Vukosavljević
• Tihomir Stanić - Marko Vidaković
• Livio Badurina - Alojzije Stepinac
• Boris Ostan - Gustav von Koczian
• Barbara Prpić - Lydia Alexandra von Koczian
• Urša Raukar - tailor

Production

In June 2017, the European co-production fund Eurimages granted 160,000 EUR in support for the Croatian-Slovenian-Serbian co-production The DB Campaign (working title Diana's List) by Dana Budisavljević.^[3]

The feature film was retitled The Diary of Diana B.^[4] and its world premiere was at the Pula Film Festival on 18 July 2019.^[5]

Reception

The film was awarded with the Grand Golden Arena for Best Festival Film, Golden Arena for best Director, Golden Arena for Editing, Golden Arena for Best Music, Golden Gate of Pula Audience Award and recognition for Best Croatian Feature Film ^[6]

References

1. "The Diary of Diana B". Pula Film Festival. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
2. Stojiljković, Marko (23 July 2019). "The Diary of Diana B. triumphs at Pula". Cineuropa. Retrieved 2020-01-21.
3. "Croatian co-production The DB Campaign by Dana Budisavljević is granted support from Eurimages". Retrieved 16 June 2018.
4. "Hulahop - The Diary of Diana B." Retrieved 17 June 2019.
5. "The Diary of Diana B - Pula Film Festival". Retrieved 28 August 2020.
6. "Awards of the 66th Pula Film Festival". Retrieved 20 July 2019.

External links

• The Diary of Diana B. at IMDb