Vukovar Se Vraća Kući (1994)
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''Vukovar: The Way Home'' () is a Croatian
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Branko Schmidt Branko Schmidt (born 21 September 1957) is a Croatian film director. His 2012 film '' Cannibal Vegetarian'' was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 85th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortli ...
. It was released in 1994. The film was selected as the Croatian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the
67th Academy Awards The 67th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) took place on March 27, 1995, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
Vukovar Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...
: The Way Home is a drama that depicts the difficult life of
Vukovar Vukovar (; sr-Cyrl, Вуковар, , ) is a city in Croatia, in the eastern Regions of Croatia, regions of Syrmia and Slavonia. It contains Croatia's largest river port, located at the confluence of the Vuka (river), Vuka and the Danube. Vukova ...
exiles during the 1991
war War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...
, who found refuge in
wagons A wagon (or waggon) is a heavy four-wheeled vehicle pulled by draft animals or on occasion by humans, used for transporting goods, commodities, agricultural materials, supplies and sometimes people. Wagons are immediately distinguished from ...
at a side
railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in railway track, tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel railway track, rails. Rail transport is one of the two primary means of ...
. The main characters of the film are a three-member family consisting of father
Vinko Vinko is a masculine name related to Vincent, and may refer to: Given name * Frane Vinko Golem (1938–2007), Croatian diplomat and politician *Vinko Begović (born 1948), Croatian football coach * Vinko Bogataj (born 1950), former ski jumper fro ...
, mother Jelka and son Darko, who hope to return home but eventually lose hope of returning.


See also

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List of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 67th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film was created in 1956 by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to honour non-English language, Engli ...
*
List of Croatian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Independent Croatia has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1992. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture pro ...


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* 1994 films Croatian war drama films Croatian-language films Films directed by Branko Schmidt Films about the Battle of Vukovar Serbian-language films {{Croatia-film-stub