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Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

1996-11-08
9
sr
DramaComedyWar & Politics
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 Yugoslavian Civil War of the 1990s as Marko sees the opportunity to exploit the situation. An extended television version of Emir Kusturica's Palme d'Or winning Underground.

Director

Emir Kusturica

Writer

Dušan Kovačević

Writer

Emir Kusturica

Co-Producer

Pierre Spengler

Status

Ended

Countries

  • France
  • Yugoslavia

Companies

  • Pandora
  • Komuna
  • CiBy 2000