Witnesses (2003 film) explained

Witnesses
Director:Vinko Brešan
Producer:Ivan Maloča
Starring:Leon Lučev
Music:Mate Matišić
Cinematography:Živko Zalar
Editing:Sandra Botica
Runtime: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

Notes and References

  1. 'Svjedoci' su produkcijski superiorni i moralno upitni. "Witnesses" are distinguished by superior production and moral questionability. Damir Radić. hr. 24 February 2004. 1 February 2017. 12 June 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120612025714/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/12374/svjedoci-su-produkcijski-superiorni-i-moralno-upitni. Nacional. 432.