Movie
The Girl and the Oak
Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree and she is left without parents. Luckily, she gets adopted and continues to nurture the oak where her mother died. Many years later, Smilja is a handsome woman, but her jealous stepbrother Josip kills her boyfriend Ivan and rapes her. Ivan's brothers swear revenge.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
The Girl and the Oak was released February 16, 1955. We don't have a confirmed streaming, rental or purchase option yet.
Synopsis
Smilja is a little girl living in Dalmatian Zagora. One day, her mother dies under a small oak tree and she is left without parents. Luckily, she gets adopted and continues to nurture the oak where her mother died. Many years later, Smilja is a handsome woman, but her jealous stepbrother Josip kills her boyfriend Ivan and rapes her. Ivan's brothers swear revenge.
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More about The Girl and the Oak
Cast
Tamara MiletičSmilja
Ljuba TadićJosip
Miodrag 'Deba' PopovićBojan
Andrej KurentIvan
Viktor BekMarko
Stole AranđelovićPetar, Ivanov bratCredits
- Directed by
- Krešimir Golik
- Written by
- Mirko Božić
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Serbian (Latin)
- Original title
- Djevojka i hrast
Production
Jadran FilmCroatia