Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (1996)
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.
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Cast
Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović
as Marco Dren
Predrag "Miki" Manojlović ( (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг "Мики" Манојловић; born April 5, 1950, Belgrade, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in so...
Lazar Ristovski
as Petar "Crni" Popara
Lazar Ristovski is a famous Serbian actor, director, producer and writer. He has appeared on stage about 4000 times, and starred in over 40 films, TV series and TV dramas, mostly in lead roles..
Mirjana Joković
as Natalija Zovkov
Mirjana Joković (born November 24, 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's Underground (1995). She currently is Director of Performanc...
Slavko Štimac
as Ivan Dren
Slavko Štimac is a Serbian actor.
He graduated from The Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Serbia.Slavko Štimac made his screen debut in the 1972 film Vuk samotnjak. What followed was a career dur...
Ernst Stötzner
as Franc
Director
Emir Kusturica
