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How the War Started on My Island(1997)
Status: Released
Date: 1997-08-31
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18 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
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.
Languages: Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian.
Countries:
Croatia
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: How the War Started on My Island
Top 10 Billed Cast
Božidar Orešković
Boris Bašić
Goran Navojec
Martin
Ivica Vidović
Pjesnik
Senka Bulić
Spomenka
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