Romeo And Juliet From Sarajevo: The Tragic Love Story Of Admira Ismic and Bosko Brkic

Romeo i Julija u Sarajevu je međunarodni dokumentarni film o smrti Admire Ismić, (1968) i Boška Brkića (1968), ljubavnom paru Bošnjakinje i Srbina, koji su ubijeni 19. maja, 1993. na Vrbanja mostu prilikom pokušaja da napuste Sarajevo. Dokumentarac je ko-produkcija PBS's Frontline, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, National Film Board of Canada i WDR Germany. Film je režirao John Zaritsky. Dvoje mladih Sarajlija, Admira i Boško su odlučili da napuste Sarajevo 19.maja 1993. Nakon dogovora, preko zajedničkih prijatelja, sa obje strane krenuli su oko 17 sati preko Vrbanja mosta ka Grbavici. Prvo je na mostu smrtno pogođen Boško a zatim i ranjena Admira, koja je izdahnula desetak minuta kasnije grleći mrtvog momka. Njihova tijela su ostala cijelu sedmicu na mostu, kada su uz pomoć Radnog voda izvučena na Grbavicu, dio Sarajeva pod kontrolom VRS. Snage UN su odbile pomoći u izvlačenju tijela dok su se obje strane u sukobu međusobno optuživale za smrt mladog para. Sahranjeni su u Lukavici na srpskom vojničkom groblju a tijela su 1996 po želji Admirinih roditelja prenesena na groblje Lav u Sarajevu. U filmu govore Admirini i Boškovi roditelji, prijatelji koji su učestvovali u dogovoru oko prelaska, svjedoci ubistva i druge osobe iz života mladog para.. Kako nisu urađene obdukcije tijela niti je vođena istraga, pravac iz koga je pucano i ubice su ostale nepoznate.

True story of two lovers that were shot dead during Bosnia's civil war on the banks of Sarajevo's Miljacka river in 1993. The late Kurt Schork wrote about their story in a dispatch from the siege of Sarajevo (excerpts follow). Bosko Brckic and Admira Ismic, both 25, were shot dead trying to escape the besieged Bosnian capital for Serbia. They were sweethearts since high school, he was a Serb and she was a Muslim. "They were shot at the same time, but he fell instantly and she was still alive," recounts Dino, a soldier who saw the couple trying to cross from government territory to rebel Serb positions. "She crawled over and hugged him and they died like that, in each others arms." The government side says Serb soldiers shot the couple, but Serb forces insist Bosnian Muslim-led government troops were responsible. In a country mad for war, Bosko and Admira were crazy for each other. The university chemistry students dated for seven years before moving in to live together nine months later. Bosko's father was dead and his mother and brother fled Sarajevo before war broke out but he stayed in the city to be with Admira. "Bosko stayed in Sarajevo because of her. Admira wanted to repay him by travelling with him to Serbia." As they passed Bosnian lines and headed for the Serb-held neighbourhood of Grbavica, someone shot them. In another article in memory of the couple, it is said that friends once foretold their fate when they said that "only a bullet" could separate them. They are buried side-by-side.

In the spring of 1993 two young people were killed by sniper fire as they attempted to flee Sarajevo. Bosko Brckic and Admira Ismic, both 25, were shot dead trying to escape the besieged Bosnian capital for Serbia. Sweethearts since high school, he was a Christian and she was a Moslem. They were shot at the same time, but he fell instantly and she was still alive. She crawled over and hugged him and they died like that, in each other's arms. They where special people, unlike most of us. In the darkest of hours they are the lit candle to show us that there is hope, even for the likes of us.

Pictures from Sarajevo during the war from 1992-1995

From "Romeo & Juliet in Sarajevo" - a Shakespeare musical by Segrei Dreznin. Jesse Webb as Mercutio with the Krassnij Angel Company, Vienna, 1997 Natasa Mirkovic, Sinisa Stork, Vesna Petkovic, Maida Karisik, Jesse Webb, Anatoly Dorovskikh, Paul Wimberger & Reinwald Kranner