The Weight of Chains
Dec 17, 2010 | IMDB 7.3
125 min Watch NowDocumentary, History
The Weight of Chains is a Canadian documentary film that takes a critical look at the role that the US, NATO and the EU played in the tragic breakup of a once peaceful and prosperous European state - Yugoslavia. The film, bursting with rare stock footage never before seen by Western audiences, is a creative first-hand look at why the West intervened in the Yugoslav conflict, with an impressive roster of interviews with academics, diplomats, media personalities and ordinary citizens of the former Yugoslav republics. This film also presents positive stories from the Yugoslav wars - people helping each other regardless of their ethnic background, stories of bravery and self-sacrifice.
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The Peaks of Zelengore
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The Long Road Through Balkan History
Hotel Sunja
War Photographer
Serbia, Year Zero
Save the Last Bullet
Ulysses' Gaze
The Unforgiven
Once Brothers
Cinema Komunisto
A Day Longer Than a Year
Skopje '63
The Other Side of Everything
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
Saved by Language
Fragments of Humanity
Sonja
Freedom from Despair
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IMDB 7.4 | Jan , 2007
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IMDB 5.8 | Jan , 1976
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IMDB 8 | Dec , 1948
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2009
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1992
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IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2001
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IMDB 3.5 | Nov , 2001
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IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
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IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 1995
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IMDB 7 | Aug , 2017
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IMDB 7.4 | Oct , 2010
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IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2010
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IMDB 5.7 | Mar , 1971
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IMDB 3 | Mar , 1964
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IMDB 8 | Sep , 2017
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IMDB 7.2 | Jan , 1974
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2015
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2022
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2012
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2004
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