Konjanik is a 2003 Croatia

Croatia

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n film directed by Branko Ivanda. It is based on the works of Ivan Aralica

Ivan Aralica

Ivan Aralica is a Croatian novelist and essayist.Born in Promina near Knin, and having finished pedagogical school and Philosophical Faculty at the University of Zadar, Aralica had worked in post-war period as a high school teacher in the backwater villages of the rural hinterland of northern and...

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The movie takes place in the early 18th century on the borders between Bosnia

Bosnia (region)

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 and Dalmatia

Dalmatia

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, the crossroad between the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

 and the Republic of Venice

Republic of Venice

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. It deals with issues relating to the region's native Croats

Croats

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 as they struggle between to live between two empires and two faiths: Catholicism

Catholicism

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 and Islam

Islam

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. The film's main character Petar Revač, was played by Nikša Kušelj.

Cast

• Nikša Kušelj – Petar Revač
• Zrinka Cvitešić
  Zrinka Cvitešic
  Zrinka Cvitešić is a film, television and theatre actress.As a theatre actress, she has been a member of the Croatian National Theatre since 2005. In addition to acting, she is also an accomplished dancer...
  
   – Lejla
• Mladen Vulić – Mujaga Lulić
• Danko Ljuština – Džafer-beg
• Goran Grgić
  Goran Grgić
  Goran Grgić is a Croatian theatre, television and film actor.Grgić graduated from the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb in 1990. Upon graduation he was hired as a regular cast member at the Gavella theatre in Zagreb...
  
   – Andrija
• Gordana Gadžić – Begovica
• Zijah Sokolović
  Zijah Sokolovic
  Zijah Sokolović is a Bosnian actor, writer and director who lives, acts and directs in Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria...
  
  – Luda

External links

• Konjanik at Croatian Film Online