1943: A platoon of war weary Domobran soldiers prepares to defend a strategically valuable strip of land from outside forces wishing to invade the independent Croat state. 1993: A squadron of HVO soldiers from the Bosnian Croat Army battles to defend its homeland in the bloody Yugoslavian Civil War. Fifty years apart these two armies are fighting to defend exactly the same land. Although fighting for two different causes they are walking the same well trodden path and share the same motivations and ideologies. As they move toward a haunting and symbolically important... cemetery can either escape the inevitable bloody end and break a cycle stretching back hundreds of years? The winner of 15 international film awards this powerful war film has a unique style seamlessly blending two parallel narratives toward one ultimately explosive finale. [show more]
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Dark war drama which follows the parallel stories of two squadrons of Croatian soldiers, one set in WWII; the other in the modern-day Yugoslavian Civil War. The men of both times are linked by family ties as well as geography. The film makes historical comparisons between the two bloody conflicts and leads to an unsettling and haunting denouement.
Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play 1943 A platoon of war weary Domobran soldiers prepares to defend a strategically valuable strip of land from outside forces wishing to invade the independent Croat state 1993 A squadron of HVO soldiers from the Bosnian Croat Army battles to defend its homeland in the bloody Yugoslavian Civil War Fifty years apart these two armies are fighting to defend exactly the same land Although fighting for two different causes they are walking the same well trodden path and share the same motivations and ideologies As they move toward a haunting and symbolically important cemetery can either escape the inevitable bloody end and break a cycle stretching back hundreds of years? The winner of 15 international film awards this powerful war film has a unique style seamlessly blending two parallel narratives toward one ultimately explosive finale Actors Filip Sovagovic Velibor Topic Slaven Knezovic Marinko Prga Borko Peric & Miro Barnjak Director Kristijan Milic Certificate 18 years and over Year 2007 Languages Croatian Duration 1 hour and 27 minutes (approx)
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