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Point 905

1960 film by Mate Relja

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 30, 2026
Entity authorityQ3507805
Source-derived summary

Point 905 (Kota 905) is a Yugoslav film in Croatian directed by Mate Relja. It was released in 1960.

Plot

After World War II, a Yugoslav People's Army captain, Vladimir, is in charge of suppressing armed supporters of the former king, Peter II of Yugoslavia, led by major Momir. After Vladimir's best friend is killed, he joins the rebels pretending to be one of the king's supporters. However, one of Momir's supporters, a man who harbors rebels, has an attractive daughter who is engaged to marry Momir. She knows that Vladimir is an officer of the Yugoslav army, because she has seen him wearing a Yugoslav uniform. Vladimir fears that she might betray him.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Point 905” as 1960 film by Mate Relja. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Point, film and Mate.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1960—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Point, film and Mate providing the first useful test.
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Evidence profile

Object files, edition statements, performance records and contemporary criticism preserve different stages of the work’s history. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 30, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3507805. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1960.

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This entry incorporates text from Point 905” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.