How the War Started on My Island (1996)

6.2/10 • 97 min • Comedy War

Overview

On a small island in the Adriatic, tensions rise between the local population and the forces of the Yugoslav People's Army. The locals try to fight the enemy with song, dance, music and motivational speeches, but, major Aleksa, the head of the batallion situated on the island, threatens to blow their barracks up with everyone inside them if the civilians don't retreat.

Cast

Božidar Orešković

Boris Bašić

Matija Prskalo

Lucija Milosavljević

Goran Navojec

Martin

Ljubomir Kerekeš

Major Aleksa Milosavljević

Ivica Vidović

Pjesnik

Senka Bulić

Spomenka

Leon Lučev

Zoran Gajski

Rene Bitorajac

Vojnik Albanac

Mladen Vulić

Šćepanović

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