Witnesses (film)

Witnesses

Directed by	Vinko Brešan
Produced by	Ivan Maloča
Written by	Vinko Brešan Jurica Pavičić Živko Zalar
Starring	Leon Lučev
Cinematography	Živko Zalar
Edited by	Sandra Botica
Release dates	20 July 2003
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Croatia
Language	Croatian

Witnesses (Croatian: Svjedoci) is a Croatian drama film directed by Vinko Brešan. It was released in 2003.

Synopsis

The plot of the movie is centered in the city of Karlovac in 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence. The front lines, where Croatian and Serbian forces fight each other, lie near the city. Meanwhile, in the city of Karlovac, a Serbian civilian Vasić is murdered. The story follows the local police officer Barbir (Dražen Kühn), who tries to solve the murder in spite of ethnic hatred and war revolving nearby.

The film's screenplay is based on Jurica Pavičić's 1997 novel Alabaster Sheep (Ovce od gipsa), which was in turn inspired by a real-life case of murder of the Zec family in Zagreb in 1991.^[1]

Cast

Leon Lučev - Krešo
Alma Prica - Novinarka
Mirjana Karanović - Majka
Dražen Kühn - Barbir
Krešimir Mikić - Joško
Marinko Prga - Vojo
Bojan Navojec - Barić
Ljubomir Kerekeš - Dr. Matić
Predrag 'Predjo' Vušović - Ljubo
Tarik Filipović - Javni tužitelj
Rene Bitorajac - Albanac
Ivo Gregurević - Otac
Vanja Drach - Penzioner
Helena Buljan - Susjeda

References

↑ Damir Radić (24 February 2004). "'Svjedoci' su produkcijski superiorni i moralno upitni" ["Witnesses" are distinguished by superior production and moral questionability]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 1 July 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2012.

External links

Witnesses at the Internet Movie Database

Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival

As Yugoslav Film Awards (1957–90)	Priests Ćira and Spira (1957) H-8 (1958) Train Without a Timetable (1959) The Ninth Circle (1960) Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961) Kozara (1962) Face to Face (1963) Official Position (1964) Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965) Monday or Tuesday (1966) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) When I Am Pale and Dead (1968) Downstream from the Sun (1969) Handcuffs (1970) Red Wheat (1971) The Master and Margaret (1972) The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) The Republic of Užice (1974) The House (1975) Idealist (1976) Don't Lean Out the Window (1977) Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978) Trophy (1979) Petria's Wreath (1980) The Fall of Italy (1981) Body Scent (1983) Balkan Spy (1984) When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Happy New Year '49 (1986) Reflections (1987) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) The Meeting Point (1989) Silent Gunpowder (1990)

As Croatian Film Awards (1992–present)	Story from Croatia (1992) Countess Dora (1993) Washed Out (1995) How the War Started on My Island (1996) Mondo Bobo (1997) When the Dead Start Singing (1998) Madonna (1999) Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000) Slow Surrender (2001) Fine Dead Girls (2002) Here (2003) Long Dark Night (2004) What Iva Recorded (2005) All for Free (2006) The Living and the Dead (2007) No One's Son (2008) Metastases (2009) Just Between Us (2010) Kotlovina (2011) A Letter to My Father (2012) A Stranger (2013) Number 55 (2014) The High Sun (2015)

Films directed by Vinko Brešan

How the War Started on My Island (1996) Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000) Witnesses (2003) Will Not End Here (2008) The Priest's Children (2013)

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