Vukovar Movie Review 1994

Vukovar is a Croat town just across the Danube river from Serbia, in the former Yugoslavia, where different ethnic groups had managed to coexist peacefully. When Croatian Anna (Jokovic) marries her childhood sweetheart, the Serbian Toma (Isakovic), however, their celebration is marred by nationalist demonstrations. Soon Anna's pregnant, Toma has been drafted, and the town comes under siege, with Tomas' parents fleeing, Anna's family killed in a bombing, and Ann herself struggling to survive. Film was condemned by the Croatian government as pro-Serbian propaganda though director Draskovic, a Serbian whose parents are Croatian and Bosnian, strove to be nonpartisan. Serbo-Croatian with subtitles.

Distribution

New Yorker Video, 16 W. 61st St., 11th Fl., New York, NY 10023, Phone: (212)645-4600, Toll-free: 800-447-0196, Fax: (212)645-3030, Email: info@newyorkerfilms.com, URL: http://www.newyorkerfilms.com

Available on VHS
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from Yugoslavian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Anti-War War Movies, Marriage, Bosnia, Survival, Rape

Screenplay

Boro Draskovic, Maja Draskovic

Cast

Mirjana Jokovic, Boris Isakovic, Monica Romic

Cinematography

Aleksandar Petkovic

Director

Boro Draskovic

Producer

Danka Muzdeka Mandzuka, Steven North, Dan Films, Tara Releasing, Boulevard Films