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How the War Started on My Island

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How the War Started on My Island

6.2

1h 37m

1997

Synopsis

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

ComedyWar

yugoslaviacroatiabattle

Cast & Crew

Vlatko Dulić

as Blaž Gajski

Ivan Brkić

as Roko Papak

Božidar Orešković

Božidar Orešković

as Boris Bašić

Matija Prskalo

Matija Prskalo

as Lucija Milosavljević

Goran Navojec

Goran Navojec

as Martin

Ljubomir Kerekeš

Ljubomir Kerekeš

as Major Aleksa Milosavljević

Ivica Vidović

Ivica Vidović

as Pjesnik

Senka Bulić

Senka Bulić

as Spomenka

Etta Bortolazzi

as Baba

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