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Welcome to Sarajevo
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Welcome to Sarajevo

1997-05-09 · 103 min · ★ 6.5

War · Drama · History

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. While reporting on an American aid worker who’s trying to get children out of the country, a British correspondent decides to take an orphaned girl home to London.

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Directors
Michael Winterbottom
Production companies
Miramax, Dragon Pictures, Film4 Productions
Countries
United Kingdom, United States of America
Status
Released
Budget
USD 9,000,000
Revenue
USD 334,319

Top Cast

Stephen DillaneStephen DillaneMichael Henderson
Woody HarrelsonWoody HarrelsonFlynn
Marisa TomeiMarisa TomeiNina
Goran VišnjićGoran VišnjićRisto Bavić
Emira NuševićEmira
Kerry FoxKerry FoxJane Carson
James NesbittJames NesbittGregg
Emily LloydEmily LloydAnnie McGee
Igor DžambazovJacket
Gordana GadžićMrs. Savić
Juliet AubreyJuliet AubreyHelen Henderson
Dražen ŠivakŽeljko
Vesna OrelMunira
Davor JanjićDavor JanjićDragan
Vladimir JokanovićEmira's Uncle
Peter KellyUN VIP
Frank DillaneFrank DillaneChristopher Henderson

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