How the War Started on My Island
1997•1h 37m•6.3•Released
ComedyWar
At the beginning of 1991, Yugoslav army did not acknowledge Croatian's independence, and still holding few military barracks in Croatia. Gajski travels to an island to get his son out of the army. Locals have besieged the barracks and organized a festival to try with singing and recitals to get major Aleksa and his soldiers to surrender, but Aleksa has explosives thru the barracks and wants to blow up the island.
Director
Vinko Brešan
Writer
Ivo Brešan, Vinko Brešan
Languages
Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian
Studio
Hrvatska Radiotelevizija
Cast
Vlatko Dulić
Blaž Gajski
Ivan Brkić
Roko Papak
Božidar Orešković
Boris Bašić
Matija Prskalo
Lucija Milosavljević
Goran Navojec
Martin
Ljubomir Kerekeš
Major Aleksa Milosavljević
Ivica Vidović
Pjesnik
Senka Bulić
Spomenka
Etta Bortolazzi
Baba
Slobodan Milovanović
Ridikul
Leon Lučev
Zoran Gajski
Rene Bitorajac
Vojnik Albanac
Mladen Vulić
Šćepanović
Goran Maluš
Zoran
Ante Mioč
Bilder
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