The Tower of Strength

The Tower of Strength
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MontenegrinObraz
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Directed byNikola Vukčević
Screenplay by
  • Ana Vujadinović
  • Melina Pota Koljević
Based on"Obraz (Legenda o Nuru Doki)"
by Zuvdija Hodžić
Produced by
  • Milorad Radenović
  • Nevena Savić
  • Ivica Vidanović
  • Christoph Thoke
Starring
  • Edon Rizvanolli
  • Elez Adžović
  • Aleksandar Radulović
  • Vuk Bulajić
CinematographyDjordje Stojiljkovic
Edited by
  • Olga Toni
  • Nikola Vukčević
Music byDušan Maksimovski
Production
companies
  • Galileo Production
  • Cinnamon Production
  • Embrio Production
  • Progressive Films
  • Mogador Film
Release date
  • 7 November 2024 (2024-11-07) (FilmFestival Cottbus)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • Montenegro
  • Serbia
  • Croatia
  • Germany
Languages
  • Montenegrin
  • Albanian

The Tower of Strength (Montenegrin: Obraz) is a 2024 biographical drama film directed by Nikola Vukčević. The script inspired by an anthology story by academician Zuvdija Hodžić, is written by Ana Vujadinović and Melina Pota Koljević. The film complete with a humanistic message is set around World War II in Yugoslavia. It follows a Christian child, who escapes an Albanian SS division attack that destroyed his village and killed his parents, and a Muslim Albanian stranger, Nuredin Doka, with whom he takes shelter.

The film had its world premiere at the FilmFestival Cottbus on 7 November 2024, in the Feature Film Competition, where it competed for Main prize for the best film. It was selected as the Montenegrin entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.