How the War Started on My Island

How the War Started on My Island

97 mins | Comedy, War | Aug. 31, 1997

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.

How the War Started on My Island

97 mins | Comedy, War | Aug. 31, 1997

How the War Started on My Island
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Hrvatska Radiotelevizija
Original title Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku
Directors Vinko Brešan
Writers Ivo Brešan, Vinko Brešan

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

Ljubomir Kerekes

as Major Aleksa Milosavljević

Ivica Vidović

as Pjesnik

Senka Bulić

as Spomenka

Etta Bortolazzi

as Baba

Leon Lučev

as Zoran Gajski

Rene Bitorajac

as Vojnik Albanac

Mladen Vulić

as Šćepanović

Goran Maluš

as Zoran

Ante Mioč

as Bilder

Goran Omašić

as Vodnik vezist

Mario Orešković

as Spiker

Vilim Soda

as Bubnjar

Emilija Živković

as Srednjoškolka

Vinko Brešan

as Policajac (uncredited)