How the War Started on My Island
1997 · 97 MIN · IMDB 7.8 · 2,991 VOTES · DIR. Vinko Brešan
Overview
At the beginning of 1991, Yugoslav army did not acknowledge Croatian's independence, and still holding few military barracks in Croatia. Gajski travels to an island to get his son out of the army. Locals have besieged the barracks and organized a festival to try with singing and recitals to get major Aleksa and his soldiers to surrender, but Aleksa has explosives thru the barracks and wants to blow up the island.
Dialogue Timeline — 966 lines
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00:00:00 HOW THE WAR STARTED ON MY ISLAND
00:05:32 I'd like to sneak him out of there somehow
00:09:43 "Combine the wires to the terminals of the machine"
00:13:01 I can't be everywhere.
00:16:47 Cut everything.
00:21:36 you carefully stretch your legs
00:26:28 What did I tell you?
00:30:01 When you first arrived here
00:32:34 I will gouge her eyes out, rip her tongue and...
00:36:44 Run!
00:41:24 Goddamn it...
00:47:28 Is that clear?
00:51:55 You're a major.
00:54:35 Listen to me!
00:57:01 And to pass the bay. And no one will be able to do anything
01:01:52 They are in.
01:05:11 Ain't you a smart one!
01:08:11 I'm afraid that those people are deaf
01:11:16 You haven't told me anything.
01:14:16 The wires are tied to the machine terminals
01:18:06 That's my father!
01:21:57 So it's military secret.
01:27:12 Quickly to the gate, be ready to cooparate. -As you say, Major!
01:33:31 -VVV-
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed966
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:00:00
Final line01:33:31
Production Record
DirectorVinko Brešan
LanguageHR
IMDb votes2,991