The Scorpions - A Home Movie
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The Scorpions were a Serbian paramilitary unit that gained notoriety for their involvement in war crimes during the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. By using the statements of former members of the Scorpions unit, and the materials recorded by the unit itself in the course of its campaignes, this film demonstrates the functioning of a typical combat unit organized by the security service to do dirty jobs in the Balkan wars. Including their treatment of Bosnian Serbs; from refusing them water to the stomach-wrenching murders of six Bosnian Muslim men, some of whom were minors, in Srebrenica in July 1995. Archival footage used in this film includes materials of Humanitarian Law Center, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2007-04-10
Runtime: 51 mins
Director: Lazar Stojanović
Writer: Lazar Stojanović
Spoken language: Bosanski, Srpski
Genres: Documentary, History
Original title: The Scorpions - A Home Movie
Production Companies: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Production Countries: Serbia
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