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Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

To get the story, they’ll risk everything.

19976.41h 43m

Overview

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

Directed by Michael Winterbottom
Written by Frank Cottrell Boyce, Michael Nicholson
Produced by Graham Broadbent, Damian Jones, Ismet Arnautalić
Box OfficeBudget: $9.0MRevenue: $334K

Top Cast

Stephen Dillane

Stephen Dillane

Michael Henderson

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson

Flynn

Marisa Tomei

Marisa Tomei

Nina

Goran Višnjić

Goran Višnjić

Risto Bavić

E

Emira Nušević

Emira

Kerry Fox

Kerry Fox

Jane Carson

James Nesbitt

James Nesbitt

Gregg

Emily Lloyd

Emily Lloyd

Annie McGee

I

Igor Džambazov

Jacket

G

Gordana Gadžić

Mrs. Savić

Themes & Keywords

journalistcivil warenglandorphanagebosnian war (1992-95)

About Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo is a war, drama, history film released in 1997 exploring themes of journalist, civil war, england, orphanage, bosnian war (1992-95). Directed by Michael Winterbottom, it stars Stephen Dillane, Woody Harrelson, Marisa Tomei. Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

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