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Death in Sarajevo(2016)
Status: Released
Date: 2016-05-12
62%
19 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
Overview:
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace and understanding is supposed to start from here. But the hotel staff have other worries: having not been paid for months, they are planning to go on strike. Hatidza from the hotel laundry is elected strike leader even though her daughter Lamija, who works in reception, is firmly against industrial action. Meanwhile, in the sealed-off presidential suite, a guest from France rehearses a speech. Elsewhere, a television reporter conducts interviews about war and its consequences. Was Gavrilo Princip, the 1914 assassin, a criminal or a national hero? What long shadow does his deed cast into the present?
Languages: Bosnian, English, French.
Countries:
Bosnia and Herzegovina,
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Margo Films
Movie: Death in Sarajevo
Top 10 Billed Cast
Izudin Bajrović
Omer
Jacques Weber
Jacques
Muhamed Hadžović
Gavrilo
Faketa Salihbegović-Avdagić
Hatidža
Aleksandar Šeksan
Enco
Rijad Gvozden
Rijad
Boris Ler
Kiki
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Overview
Sarajevo on 28 of June, 2014. At the Hotel Europa, the best hotel in town, the manager Omer prepares to welcome a delegation of diplomatic VIPs. On the centenary of the assassination that is considered to have led to World War I, an appeal for peace and understanding is supposed to start from here. But the hotel staff have other worries: having not been paid for months, they are planning to go on strike. Hatidza from the hotel laundry is elected strike leader even though her daughter Lamija, who works in reception, is firmly against industrial action. Meanwhile, in the sealed-off presidential suite, a guest from France rehearses a speech. Elsewhere, a television reporter conducts interviews about war and its consequences. Was Gavrilo Princip, the 1914 assassin, a criminal or a national hero? What long shadow does his deed cast into the present?
Release Date
2016-05-12
Average
6.158
Rating:
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Languages:
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