
Pretty Village, Pretty Flame(1996)
In the opening stages of the Bosnian War, a small group of Serbian soldiers are trapped in a tunnel by a Muslim force.


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.
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
How the War Started on My Island is a comedy, war film released in 1997 exploring themes of yugoslavia, croatia, battle. Directed by Vinko Brešan, it stars Vlatko Dulić, Ivan Brkić, Božidar Orešković. 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.
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