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Underground (1995)

 -  Comedy | Drama | War  -  20 June 1997 (USA)
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Marko / Actor playing Marko (as Miki Manojlovic)
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Crni (Blacky) / Actor playing Blacky
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Slavko Stimac ...
Ivan
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Jovan
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Vera
Milena Pavlovic ...
Jelena
Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic ...
Deda (as Bata Stojkovic)
Bora Todorovic ...
Golub
Davor Dujmovic ...
Bata
Nele Karajlic ...
Falling Gypsy (as Dr. Nele Karajlic)
Branislav Lecic ...
Mustafa
Dragan Nikolic ...
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Erol Kadic ...
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The story follows an underground weapons manufacturer in Belgrade during WWII and evolves into fairly surreal situations. A black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans doesn't mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. Years later, they break out of their underground "shelter" --- only to convince themselves that the war is still going on. Written by Anonymous

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Once Upon a Time There Was a Country  »

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Trivia

In 1996, members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) voted this film the third best Serbian movie made in 1947-1995 period. See more »

Quotes

Ivan: Bila jednom jedna zemlja. Once upon a time... there was a country...
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Referenced in Aprile (1998) See more »

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"Lili Marleen"
Written by Norbert Schultze(I) and Hans Leip(I)
Performed by Lale Andersen(I)
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Perfection on celluloid
2 July 1999 | by (Athens, Greece) – See all my reviews

If for any reason you haven't seen this masterpiece, do it now. You won't regret it. Especially if you are from the Balkan region, it is a must. The story of the last 50 years in Yugoslavia in 3 hours in a film only Emir Kusturica can do. Some scenes simply stick in your mind and cannot get out. Extremely powerful and not at all tiring, despite its duration. Definitely in my personal top 10.


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