| Witnesses | |
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| Directed by | Vinko Brešan |
| Written by | Vinko Brešan Jurica Pavičić Živko Zalar |
| Produced by | Ivan Maloča |
| Starring | Leon Lučev |
| Cinematography | Živko Zalar |
| Edited by | Sandra Botica |
| Music by | Mate Matišić |
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| 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.
Cast
- Leon Lučev as Krešo
- Alma Prica as Novinarka
- Mirjana Karanović as Majka
- Dražen Kühn as Barbir
- Krešimir Mikić as Joško
- Marinko Prga as Vojo
- Bojan Navojec as Barić
- Ljubomir Kerekeš as Dr. Matić
- Predrag 'Predjo' Vušović as Ljubo
- Tarik Filipović as Javni tužitelj
- Rene Bitorajac as Albanac
- Ivo Gregurević as Otac
- Vanja Drach as Penzioner
- Helena Buljan as 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). No. 432. Archived from the original on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
External links
| Films directed by Vinko Brešan | |
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| Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film | |
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