Seven Lillies-a story of Sarajevo

SEVEN LILLIES introduces Adnan Rustempasic, a gentle man who was forced to pick up a gun when the Serbs began raining artillery shells down on Sarajevo. Adnan spent much of the siege helping defend a bitterly-disputed piece of territory, the Vrbanja (ver-ban-ya) bridge in the center of Sarajevo. The bridge, spanning the Miljacka (mil-yat-ska) river that runs through the city, separated the Serbs and the Bosnians and was a strategically important part of the city. The two sides faced each other and traded sniper and mortar fire from gutted buildings on both banks of the river. The area in front was a no-man's-land and designated free-fire zone. Anything that moved was shot. Scores of fighters on both sides died here, and the Serbs realized that their attempts to capture the bridge had ended in a bloody stalemate. It became a war of attrition, where both Serb and Bosnian soldiers fought to stay alive.

SEVEN LILLIES also takes us to the infamous Lion cemetery, where Serb snipers and artillery gunners targeted citizens gathered to bury their dead. A woman cleans the grave of the famous Bosnian film director Hajrudin Šiba Krvavac.

One summer day in 1993, about 1½ years after the beginning of the siege, Adnan Rustempasic was home from the frontline at his apartment. A neighbor's child knocked on his door and asked if Adnan's young son, Sanjin (san-yin), could come out to play in the courtyard of the apartment building. He said yes, as the day had been relatively quiet as far as the Serb shelling of the city was concerned. Four-year-old Sanjin and a group of playmates were having a good time, making good use of their opportunity to play outside as parents tried as much as possible to keep their children indoors for safety from snipers and shells.

This was the day when Adnan's life changed forever.

Produced and Directed by Roger M. Richards.

Category:

People & Blogs

Tags:

• Sarajevo
• Bosnia
• Yugoslavia
• war
• Balkan
• siege

[zlatnisarajlija]

bio je poznati kosarkas KK Bosna prije rata koji je ubijen od srpske granate u Sarajevu na jednom parkingu, sutra je njegova zena pobjegla na Pale i za RTRS izjavila kako su ga zaklali muslimani, ljudi nisu mogli vjerovati da tako govori njihova komsinica koja je i sama znala sta se stvarno desilo! To je bila vasa politika u ratu i u Bosni i Hrvatskoj!

[VALDIGNE]

motherfucker and that's your best arguement ?

you are probably born overseas , what do you know anyway.

Forza Bosnia

[armin041590]

@macedonianBLOOD17 hey bro come suck our bosnian and albanian cocks, were used to fucking your serb women all the time now, and your a lil bitch from macedonia, your country is gonna get split soon, and i dont know why your talking you had a 2 week war u lil bitch couldnt keep fightint no more, stop talking shit before u get ur ass beat.

[macedonianBLOOD17]

HAHAHAHA fuck you muslims cock suckers!!!!

[kocani76]

zalsno brate zalosno to se vise nikad ne sme ponovit taj posrani rat!!!!!!!!

[jugoponos]

sutnja pokoj rahmet

Neka su prokleti oni koji pljuju po sebi i covjesanstvu pisuci ovdje komentare nedostojne Covjeka.

sutnja rahmet pokoj

Hvala za video. SF/SN

[bistrikboy]

Ja sam zadnji koji je bio sa tom djecom koja su tad poginula. Zao mi je samo Što ti nisu bili Draganini brat ili seka na tom mjestu. Mamu ti jebem smrdljivu

[bistrikboy]

Pa kako vas nije stid da komentarisete ovakve stvari. Ja sam bio zadnji koji je bio sa ovom djecom kad su poginuli od četničke granate sa Mrkovića. I još nešto serete majke vam se najebem. Frki, šteta što ti nisu bili brat ili seka tu

[ruppel1968]

For what?

[VisitBH]

balkancenter . tk

[Frki2005]

HAHAHAHA!!!

Sta ste to vi stradali??!!

Jebem te glupu...

Ova prica kaze samo o 7 djece,a poginulo ih je na hiljade...

U srbiji je umrlo 5000 ljudi u 4 godine,a u Bosni i Hercegovini 250 000 ljudi u 4 godine...

Sta se sakrilo od svijeta???

Srebrenica??

Vogosca??

Foca??

Moja je porodica zivila u Foci 2 stoljeca,u ratu smo morali otici...

[ajlice80]

jeboti karadzic mater!!!

how many mujahedins did get in with arms in the country ... i lived there i hav been there and still today you can see what the motherfucking serbians did ... to the people to the country ...

maybe just 0,001 % of this dammed srbian sranje should happen to you ... this could make you start to use you brain