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1997

How the War Started on My Island

Directed by Vinko Brešan

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.

Duration

1h 37m

Released

August 31, 1997

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Cast20

  • Vlatko Dulić
  • Ivan Brkić
  • Božidar Orešković
  • Matija Prskalo
  • Goran Navojec
  • Ljubomir Kerekeš
  • Ivica Vidović
  • Senka Bulić
  • Etta Bortolazzi

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