How the War Started on My Island (1997)

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Released:
1997-08-31

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.

Director:
Vinko Brešan

Runtime:
1h 37min

Genre:
Comedy, War

  • Cast:
  • Vlatko Dulić
    as
    Blaž Gajski
  • Ivan Brkić
    as
    Roko Papak
  • Božidar Orešković
    as
    Boris Bašić
  • Matija Prskalo
    as
    Lucija Milosavljević
  • Goran Navojec
    as
    Martin