how the war started on my island : aspects of comedy in Croatian post-war film

U ovom radu analiziran je film Vinka Brešana Kako je počeo rat na mom otoku (1996.), kroz širi kontekst komedije na filmu u Hrvatskoj, te se kroz komparaciju još nekih filmova istog žanra postiže teorija određenih pravila koje se ponavljaju i čine film komercijalno uspješnim. Kroz neke od komercijalno najuspješnijih komedija istog redatelja može se uspostaviti određene smjernice, motivi, karakteri i mikrolokacije koje stimulativno djeluju na hrvatsku publiku i čine filmove iznimno popularnima, što kroz kino distribuciju, ali i na TV ekranima.This paper analyzes Vinko Brešan's film How the War Began on My Island (1996), through the broader context of comedy on film in Croatia, and through the comparison of some other films of the same genre achieves the theory of certain rules that are repeated and make the film commercially successful. Through some of the most commercially successful comedies by the same director, certain guidelines, motives, characters and micro-locations can be established that stimulate the Croatian audience and make films extremely popular, both through cinema distribution and on TV screens