Underground

Underground (1995)

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ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A COUNTRY

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.

Date of release
1995-10-25
TMDB
7.7 / 10 (816)
Runtime
2h 50m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, War
Director
Emir Kusturica

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: €12.5M
  • Awards: 2 · Nominations: 1. Including: Palme d'Or; Lumière Award for Best Foreign Film

Underground, is a 1995 epic satirical absurdist dark comedy war film directed by Emir Kusturica, with a screenplay co-written with Dušan Kovačević. It is also known by the subtitle Once Upon a Time There Was One Country, the title of the five-hour miniseries shown on Serbian RTS television.

Production

The shooting of the film began in fall 1993 and lasted off-and-on until early spring 1995. The state-owned Radio Television of Serbia had a small role in financing the film, and the film used rented Yugoslav Army (VJ) equipment as props.

The film's soundtrack includes music by Goran Bregović and the participation of Cesária Évora.

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