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Underground

Genre:
Comedy, War film

Director:
Emir Kusturica

Short description:
The story of families who are hiding in underground chambers during the Nazi occupation of Belgrade. With help of adventurous profiteer, they are producing weapons for the resistance movement. This job continues after the war because their "benefactor" gives them ficititious reports on German victories in order to keep the underground production working and his income well. He manages to convince his best friend to stay down, to keep a girl they both love only for himself. Twenty years passed, and during some underground wedding, some of them find their way up. Although it is 1961. they believe that the Nazis are still ruling, because they found themselves on movie shooting, representing German occupation. A few of those patriots will find themselves in Slavonia fights in 1991. among whom two ex-friends also.
Additional information:
Producer: helped by - Film Fonds - Hamburg, Eurimages Fund of Council of Europe, RTV Belgrade. Executive producer: Komuna - Belgrade.

Producer:
Ciby 2000, Pariz, Pandora film, Frankfurt, Novo film, Budimpesta, Komuna, Tschapline films, RTV Srbija

Writer:
Dusan Kovacevic

Music:
Goran Bregovic

Cinematographer:
Vilko Filac

Production design:
Miljen Kljakovic (Kreka)

Costume design:
Nebojsa Lipanovic

Country of origin:
Srbija

Film editing:
Branka Ceperac

Duration:
192 minutes

System:
Widescreen, color

Premiere:
1.4.1995.



Cast:

Albena Stavreva
as devojka iz tunela
Batica Nikolic
as istrazitelj II
Bora Todorovic
as Golub
Branislav Lecic
as Mustafa
Branko Cvejic
as Kapetan
Danica Zdravic
as plesacica na brodu
Danilo (Bata) Stojkovic
as Deda
Davor Dujmovic
as Bata
Desa Biogradlija
as zena u pozorisnoj lozi
Dragan Nikolic
as Filmski reditelj
Dusan Rokvic
as partizan II
Elizabeta Djoreska
as zena saptac
Emir Kusturica
as diler
Ernest Stoetzner
as Franc
Erol Kadic
as Janez
Hark Bohm
as Dr Strasse
Josif Tatic
as Policijski inspektor
Lazar Ristovski
as Crni
Ljiljana Jovanovic
as prostitutka
Milena Pavlovic
as Jelena
Miodrag Djordjevic
as pomocnik reditelja
Mirjana Jokovic
as Natalija
Mirjana Karanovic
as Vera
Mirsad Tuka
as istrazitelj I
Nele Karajlic
as Ciganin koji pada
Petar Kralj
as Dr Mirkovic
Pierre Spengler
as Ruski vozac
Piter Mauntain
as oficir
Predrag (Miki) Manojlovic
as Marko
Predrag Zagorac
as Tomislav
Radovan Markovic
as komandos
Slavko Stimac
as Ivan
Srdjan Todorovic
as Jovan
Stojan Sotirov
as vozac u tunelu
Tanja Kecman
as skripterka
Zdena Hutrecakova
as debela zena
Zoran Miljkovic
as partizan I

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