Croatia: Defining a Nation
(2022-05-30)
2022-05-30 • Documentary • 1h 53m
Croatia: Defining a Nation (2022-05-30)
2022-05-30 • Documentary • 1h 53m
How a group of footballers became iconoclasts and defined a new nation through football.
Overview
Croatia’s achievement in coming 3rd at the 1998 World Cup in France was staggering. A nation barely established took on and beat the world’s powerhouse nations, coming within a whisker of lifting the trophy. But, this is much more than just a story about a talented football team, it is the tale of a nation emerging from the wreckage of the Balkan war and the disintegration of Yugoslavia to stand proudly as an independent country on football’s grandest stage.
How a group of footballers became iconoclasts and defined a new nation through football.
Overview
Croatia’s achievement in coming 3rd at the 1998 World Cup in France was staggering. A nation barely established took on and beat the world’s powerhouse nations, coming within a whisker of lifting the trophy. But, this is much more than just a story about a talented football team, it is the tale of a nation emerging from the wreckage of the Balkan war and the disintegration of Yugoslavia to stand proudly as an independent country on football’s grandest stage.
