Shot Through the Heart

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name = Shot Through the Heart


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director = David Attwood
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writer = Guy Hibbert John Falk
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starring = Linus Roache
Vincent Perez
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distributor = HBO Films
released = October 4,1998 HBO Premiere
runtime = 112 min.
country = Canada / UK / Hungary
language = English
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imdb_id = 0171741

"Shot Through the Heart" is a 1998 TV film directed by David Attwood, shown on the BBC and HBO in 1998, which covers the Siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War. The film is based on a true story and an article called "Anti-Sniper" by John Falk (published in the November, 1995 issue of "Details" magazine).

Plot

The horrors of war are examined from the view points of lifelong friends and expert sharpshooters Vlado Selimovic (Linus Roache) and Slavko Simic (Vincent Perez) , who end up on opposing sides of the Bosnian War in Sarajevo. Slavko, an ethnic Serb and unemployed bachelor, becomes a sniper and instructor training the Army of Republika Srpska snipers used to terrorize the city. Vlado, a muslim married father and successful owner of a furniture factory, rejects his friend's offer to gain an escape from the city. Instead, he becomes a marksman in the Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina and attempts to counter the sniper threat. Vlado soon realizes his friend, an exceptionally skilled marksman, is the enemy sniper responsible for a number of seemingly impossible shots against residents of their own neighbourhood. The two friends eventually have to face-off and only one survives.

Cast

*Linus Roache as Vlado
*Vincent Perez as Slavko
*Lia Williams as Maida
*Adam Kotz as Miso
*Soo Garay as Amela
*Lothaire Bluteau as Zijah
*Radovan Karadžić as himself (uncredited)

Miscellaneous

*The story was also the feature of an episode of Dateline NBC in 1998

External links

*imdb title|id=0171741|title=Shot Through the Heart