The Living and the Dead (Croatian: Živi i mrtvi) is a 2007 Croatian horror film directed by Kristijan Milić.
It tells the story of Bosnian Croat (HVO) fighters who, by in the Croat–Bosniak War (1992–1994), encounter something not entirely of this world. The film was released in 2007. It was filmed in Prozor-Rama, Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 2007, the film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film at the Pula Film Festival.
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Plot
In 1943, group of Croatian soldiers overtake a strategically important point in western Bosnia with a goal to destroy a group of communist Partisans. On the way they met some supernatural phenomena, and the action itself went very badly because the Partisans ambushed them. The main character Martin inherits silver cigarette case from a dying soldier. This act connects to the story in 1993 when we meet Martin's grandson Tomo. He is one of six soldiers of the Croatian army who have come to the same place in Bosnia to meet the same phenomena and similar fate.
Cast
Filip Šovagović as Tomo / Martin
Velibor Topić as Vijali
Slaven Knezović as Coro
Marinko Prga as Mali
Borko Perić as Robe
Miro Barnjak as Ivo
Božidar Orešković as the commander
Enes Vejzović as Ferid / the ARBIH soldier at the cabin
Izudin Bajrović as Stojan
Ljubomir Jurković as Semin
Robert Roklicer as Captain Dane Boro
Zvonko Zečević as First Lieutenant Knez
Dragan Suvak as the shot Partisan
Nino Soric as Pejo
Release
Home media
The film was released on DVD in the United States by TLA Releasing on 25 March 2008. It was later released by DNC on 19 May that same year.