Ash Wednesday (2009) Online
Monday 4th April 1992 Bosnia declares independence. The United Nations accept Bosnia as a new nation. As Bosnia celebrate, Serbian forces begin invading towns and villages across the border, leaving trails of destruction. Wednesday 6th April 1992 Two United Nations aid workers, Marie O'Mally, a veteran of the system, and David Thorpe, a newcomer to the UN, travel across Bosnia hoping to help spread peace in the conflict. That is until they stumble upon a Serbian checkpoint, where chaos ensues with guns being fired. The Serbian rebels are led by Commander Ratko and the terrifying General Zoran, hellbent on making Bosnia part of their Serbian nation.
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Michael Dylan | - | David Thorpe |
| Siobhán Daly | - | Marie O'Mally |
| Hannes Flaschberger | - | General Zoran |
| Robert Vernon | - | Commander Ratko |
| Yanko Savov | - | Private Emir Stankovic |
| Caleb Rowe | - | Private Imamac Nulti |
| Jesse Rowe | - | Private Nicoli Sobtka |
| Rina Streit | - | Shakima Bebek |
| Jordan Barrett | - | Ianko Bebek |
| Jan Zimmer | - | Danko Sipka |
| Kai Whiting | - | Vondas Mitinovic |
The original ideas for the film was having it about the war in Afghanistan, before it was changed to Kosovo, then finally changed once more to Bosnia.
In the scene with the buried feet, those are actual feet and not mannequins. The feet is that of actor Siobhan Daly's who was buried in the ground.
In the scene where the actor Michael Dylan acts sick, he was actually physically sick for real and production had to be stopped momentarily.
Although fluid Serbian is spoken, none of the actors are fluent in Serbian and none had previously spoke the language in any context. As a result the actors and crew practiced Serbian at all times in preparation.