
Film
How the War Started on My Island
1997 · 1h 37m · Comedy · War
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Overview
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.
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
Goran Omašić
Vodnik vezist
Crew
- Vinko BrešanDirector · Writer
- Ivo BrešanWriter
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 31, 1997
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Croatian
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Genres
- Comedy, War
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