Demons of War
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| Demons of War | |
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| Directed by | Władysław Pasikowski |
| Written by | Władysław Pasikowski |
| Produced by | Włodzimierz Otulak |
| Starring | Bogusław Linda Tadeusz Huk Olaf Lubaszenko Zbigniew Zamachowski Artur Żmijewski |
| Cinematography | Paweł Edelman |
| Edited by | Wanda Zeman |
| Music by | Marcin Pospieszalski |
| Distributed by | Vision Film Distribution |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Languages | Polish, French, Bosnian, Serbian |
Demons of War (Polish: Demony wojny według Goi) is a 1998 Polish war film by Władysław Pasikowski set during the Bosnian War.[1]
Plot
After the Bosnian War, Bosnia and Herzegovina is occupied by the NATO-led (IFOR) Implementation Force. In February 1996, a unit of Polish IFOR troops from the 6th Airborne Brigade detains and releases three foreign mercenaries in Srebrenica, before they can be executed by a Bosnian mob. The Polish unit is led by Major Edward "Edek" Keller (Bogusław Linda). Soon later, Keller is under investigation for insubordination and for clashes with the Bosnian militia and foreign mercenaries. The investigation is led by two arriving officers - Lieutenant Czacki (Olaf Lubaszenko) and Major Czesław Kusz (Tadeusz Huk), who will replace Keller as the commanding officer of the battalion on 1 March. The investigation comes at a sensitive time for Polish forces, as the Polish government tries to become a member of NATO. Keller maintains command of the unit, until his commission ends. Upon Czacki and Kusz's arrival, the unit receives a distress call from a downed Norwegian helicopter. Keller assembles his unit for a search and rescue mission to the downed chopper. However, his mission is rejected by the IFOR command. Despite the order, Keller ignores it and goes on with the mission. After locating the helicopter, members of the crew are found dead. Keller and the unit goes after the militia that killed the helicopter crew. The unit manages to locate a group of twenty Bosnian militia fighters, that are led by Skija (Slobodan Custic), a foreign mercenary. The militia is also holding two captives, a young French female journalist named Nicol (Aleksandra Niespielak) and a male Bosnian press representative named Dano Ivanov (Denis Delić). Keller, himself, manages to stealthily kill one of the militiamen and rescue the captives. The unit then heads for a helicopter extraction, while the militia discovers that someone killed one of their fighters. Skija sends his men to hunt them down and locate an important missing videotape, that was held by Ivanov.
Awards
- Wanda Zeman: Polish Film Awards (nominee) - best editing (1999)
- Paweł Edelman: Polish Film Awards (nominee) – best cinematography (1999)
- Marcin Pospieszalski: Polish Film Awards (nominee) – best score (1999)
References
- ↑ "Demons of War". Polish Film Festival In Los Angeles.