Poslednji valcer u Sarajevu (1990)

The Last Waltz in Sarajevo looks back at a time of turbulent events in the Balkans, between 1910 and 1914, through the eyes of Anton Valić, Bosnia’s first cinematographer. He was captivated by moving pictures by the French cameraman Louis de Berry, who brought the first film camera to Bosnia. The film follows Valić’s coming of age and tells the story of Sarajevo, captivated by a new way of life—with automobiles, cabarets, decadence, spies, and profiteers. It follows the period leading up to the First World War, the assassins, and the preparations for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand, which would usher in a catastrophe on a global scale, as well as Anton Valić’s growing up and coming of age. This “dramatic comedy” ends with the assassination in Sarajevo on June 28, 1914, which Valić filmed, leaving authentic footage in the historical archives.