The Birch Tree

The Birch Tree (Croatian: Breza) is a 1967 Yugoslav film directed by Ante Babaja.

The Birch Tree
Croatian	Breza
Directed by	Ante Babaja
Written by	Slavko Kolar Ante Babaja Božidar Violić
Story by	Slavko Kolar
Based on	Breza and Ženidba Imre Futača by Slavko Kolar
Starring	Manca Košir Bata Živojinović Fabijan Šovagović Nela Eržišnik Stane Sever Stjepan Lektorić
Cinematography	Tomislav Pinter
Edited by	Lida Braniš
Music by	Anđelko Klobučar
Production company	Jadran Film
Release date	1967 (1967)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	SFR Yugoslavia
Language	Croatian

The film won two Golden Arena awards at the 1967 Pula Film Festival, the Yugoslav national film awards, including Best Cinematography (Tomislav Pinter) and Best Actor (Bata Živojinović).^[1]

In 1999, a poll of Croatian film critics found it to be one of the best Croatian films ever made.^[2]