Underground

May 13, 1995

2h 50m

★ 7.7

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A COUNTRY

Overview

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties, tragedies, love and hate.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

War

Production Companies

CiBy 2000

Pandora Film

Novofilm

Barrandov Studio

Komuna

RTS

Underground Trailers

Cast

Marko Dren

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

Petar 'Crni' Popara

Lazar Ristovski

Natalija Zovkov

Mirjana Joković

Ivan Dren

Slavko Štimac

Franz

Ernst Stötzner

Jovan Popara

Srđan 'Žika' Todorović

Vera

Mirjana Karanović

Jelena

Milena Pavlović Čučilović

Deda

Danilo 'Bata' Stojković

Golub

Borivoje Todorović

Bata

Davor Dujmović

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