Short Pula - Short Documentary Films

The Vukovar Fairground is the site of many heroes who died defending that part of the city: commanders of the defence of the fairground, Damjan Samardžić aka the Big Boiler, Petar Kačić aka the Middle Boiler, Velimir Đerek aka The Falcon and Ivan Poljak called The Falcon. The last, fifth commander, Josip Tomašić Osa, was captured in the breakthrough near Marinci after the fall of the city. He was taken to Serbian camps, then exchanged in 1992, and died of natural causes in 2004. The front line passed through the city streets, so battles were fought for every house, every cellar or garden. The Croatian defenders, mostly with no military experience, resisted the far more numerous and better armed enemy for 87 days. They held positions and prevented the enemy from penetrating the city. They provided heroic and superhuman resistance, and the collapse of the Vukovar Fairground defence meant the collapse of the defence of the city as a whole. The fairground was occupied on 17 November 1991, and the following day the enemy entered the city centre.

Croatia | 2019 | 54’ 
documentary | CROATIAN PREMIERE

DIRECTOR Vladimir Andrić | SCREENPLAY Milka Vida | EDITOR Darko Bušnja | PRODUCER Nikola Tarle | COMPANY Association Humanitarian Cultural Veteran Centre 

Vladimir Anrić (Vinkovci, 1984) is an actor and director, and member of the Vinkovci Theatre. He has made several documentary films, including Ovčara, neispričana priča.