The Diary of Diana B.

The Diary of Diana B. () is a 2019 biographical film directed by Dana Budisavljević. The film tells the story of the aid operation of the Austrian humanitarian Diana Budisavljević for the rescue of more than 10,000—mainly Orthodox Christian Serb—children from concentration camps in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II in Yugoslavia. 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.

Cast

• Alma Prica as Diana Budisavljević
• as Ivanka Džakula
• as
• Ermin Bravo as
• Areta Ćurković as Dragica Habazin
• Mirjana Karanović as Mira KuÅ¡ević
• Vilim Matula as Sergeant Hecker
• KreÅ¡imir Mikić as Robert Stein
• as Đuro Vukosavljević
• Tihomir Stanić as
• as Aloysius Stepinac
• Boris Ostan as
• as
• UrÅ¡a Raukar-Gamulin as the 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.

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

Reception

The film was awarded with the Big Golden Arena for Best 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.

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