Dir.: Vinko BRESHAN
Scr.: Ivo BRESHAN
D.O.P.: Zhivko ZALAR
Prod.Co.: HRVATSKA TV and ADRIA FIM ZAGREB Ivanicgradska 64, 10000 Zagreb
Croatia
Producer: Ivan MUDRINICH
Colour / 35mm /
rt.: 95 min. Language: Croatian/Serbian
CAST:
Vlatko DULICH
Ljubomir KEREKESH
Matija PRSKALO
Ivica VIDOVIC
STORY
The year is 1991. The first freely elected
Croatian Parliament voted the decision to step out from thr Yugoslav Federation,
and to form the independent and sovereign Republic of Croatia.... The Story
itself: The father of one recruited croatian boy in JNA (ex-Yugoslavian
National Army), an art historian, comes to a small island where the Commander
in -Chief Alexa refuses to let the boys leave the barracks and go home.
The barracks are surrounded by local citizens, staging a siege by protest
performances with speeches, songs and recitals, “a high quality” show in
order to persuade the guardians of the barracks to sign of.
The
negotiations led by “the Chairman of the Crisis Committee” fail to produce
any result (“I won’t allow you even to piss in my barracks”), Alexa is
untractable, though considered by all of them as a “local guy” since he
married and lived on the island for the last ten years. As the radio links
between the barracks and the Yugoslav Army HQ somewhere on the firm land
are hap-hazard, to put it mildly, the worried father is ready to play a
risky game -to penetrate in the army premises pretending to be a colonel
of Yugoslav Army only to bring his son out.
Vinko BRESHAN-Director:
Born
in Zagreb in 1964. He finished primary and secondary school in Shibenik.
In 1982 he enrolled in the University of Philosophy and Literature in Zagreb
and in 1984 in Drama Academy in Zagreb, department of movie and TV direction.
His student thesis , a debut documentary OUR STOCK-MARKET, won the Award
on the 34th Festival in Oberhauzen in 1988. His documentary THE COMMON
LUNCH (Prod. of the Croatian TV) on Days of Croatian Films won the OKTAVIAN
award, in the category of best doc. films in 1994. The next year, he won
again in the same category, this time for the documentary CORRIDOR. He
is also the director of theatrical plays: THE GUARDIAN FROM ISLAND and
WAIT A MINUTE, ZVONIMIR. HOW THE WAR STARTED ON MY ISLAND is his first
feature film.
Zhivko ZALAR-D.O.P.
Born
in Zagreb in 1948, he studied for 2 years at the Electro-Technical Faculty
of Zagreb, but switched to movies and studied at the Academy of Dramatic
Arts (The renowned FAMU at Prague, Czechoslovakia) till 1973, when he Graduated
with Honours. In 1975 and 1976 he held the chair at the Academy of Dramatic
Arts in Zagreb. He has been also the cinematographer ever since 1970, both
for film and TV, wining in 1978 the Prizes: GOLDEN ARENA for the movies
BRAVO MAESTRO (shown at Cannes Festival in Competition), THE SCENT OF THE
FIELD FLOWERS and LJUBICA. He was also awarded the Prize of KODAK at Pula
Festival. In 1983, Zalar won his second First Prize at Pula GOLDEN ARENA
for his work in the film SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. In 1987 at Film Camera Festival
in Bitola, Zalar won the First Prize for Best Cinematography “Milton Manaki”
for the film DEJA VU directed by Goran MARKOVICH.
The
negotiations led by “the Chairman of the Crisis Committee” fail to produce
any result (“I won’t allow you even to piss in my barracks”), Alexa is
untractable, though considered by all of them as a “local guy” since he
married and lived on the island for the last ten years. As the radio links
between the barracks and the Yugoslav Army HQ somewhere on the firm land
are hap-hazard, to put it mildly, the worried father is ready to play a
risky game -to penetrate in the army premises pretending to be a colonel
of Yugoslav Army only to bring his son out. 
Born
in Zagreb in 1964. He finished primary and secondary school in Shibenik.
In 1982 he enrolled in the University of Philosophy and Literature in Zagreb
and in 1984 in Drama Academy in Zagreb, department of movie and TV direction.
His student thesis , a debut documentary OUR STOCK-MARKET, won the Award
on the 34th Festival in Oberhauzen in 1988. His documentary THE COMMON
LUNCH (Prod. of the Croatian TV) on Days of Croatian Films won the OKTAVIAN
award, in the category of best doc. films in 1994. The next year, he won
again in the same category, this time for the documentary CORRIDOR. He
is also the director of theatrical plays: THE GUARDIAN FROM ISLAND and
WAIT A MINUTE, ZVONIMIR. HOW THE WAR STARTED ON MY ISLAND is his first
feature film.
Born
in Zagreb in 1948, he studied for 2 years at the Electro-Technical Faculty
of Zagreb, but switched to movies and studied at the Academy of Dramatic
Arts (The renowned FAMU at Prague, Czechoslovakia) till 1973, when he Graduated
with Honours. In 1975 and 1976 he held the chair at the Academy of Dramatic
Arts in Zagreb. He has been also the cinematographer ever since 1970, both
for film and TV, wining in 1978 the Prizes: GOLDEN ARENA for the movies
BRAVO MAESTRO (shown at Cannes Festival in Competition), THE SCENT OF THE
FIELD FLOWERS and LJUBICA. He was also awarded the Prize of KODAK at Pula
Festival. In 1983, Zalar won his second First Prize at Pula GOLDEN ARENA
for his work in the film SOMETHING IN BETWEEN. In 1987 at Film Camera Festival
in Bitola, Zalar won the First Prize for Best Cinematography “Milton Manaki”
for the film DEJA VU directed by Goran MARKOVICH.