Underground
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A COUNTRY
Country
Production
Budget
$14 000 000
Box office
$182 134
Director
Actors
Miki Manojlović, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Joković, Slavko Štimac, Ernst Stötzner, Srđan 'Žika' Todorović, Mirjana Karanović, Milena Pavlović Čučilović, Danilo 'Bata' Stojković, Borivoje Todorović
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Emir Kusturica, Dušan Kovačević
Producer
Alain Depardieu, Milorad Vučelić, Pierre Spengler
Camera operator
Vilko Filač
Composer
Goran Bregović
Artist
Miljen Kreka Kljaković
Audition
Jessica Horváthová
Editing
Branka Čeperac
Whole Team (63)
Whole Team (63)
Short description
Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually abandons Blacky and steals his girlfriend. After a lengthy stay in a below-ground shelter, the couple reemerges during the Yugoslav Civil War of the 1990s as Marko sees the opportunity to exploit the situation.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film is based on Dusan Kovacevic's play "Spring in January".
- Filming took place across Eastern Europe. Emir Kusturica shot at the famous Czech Barrandov Studios, then moved to Belgrade, working in Prague, Sofia, Berlin, and the Bulgarian town of Plovdiv. The film was also shot near the Reichstag.
- Members of the Yugoslav Film Academy voted for 'Underground' as the third best Serbian film created between 1947 and 1995.
- Emir Kusturica himself and "Doctor" Nele Karajlić, the leader of the band "The No Smoking Orchestra" – in which Kusturica plays guitar – appeared in two cameo roles in the film.
- The television version has a runtime of 300 minutes and is divided into 6 episodes.
- The film is based on Dušan Kovačević's play 'Spring in January'.
- Members of the Yugoslav Film Academy voted for ‘Underground’ as the third best Serbian film created between 1947 and 1995.
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