Assalto alla Banca Popolare di Fiume
Salvatore Spina, 1909.
Categories: Feature Film, Short Film
A reconstruction of a true robbery at the Rijeka National Bank, directed by a pioneer of Trieste cinema and filmed on location at the actual site of the event -today's 111th Brigade of the Croatian Army Square. The actors portrayed the real people involved. This is the first feature film shot on Croatian soil. It is unknown whether it has been preserved. The film was likely directed by Salvatore Spina, and is also known under the titles Napad na Narodnu banku u Rijeci and Der Überfall auf Banca Popolare di Fiume durch russischen Übeltäter.




