Underground (1995)
Genre: Comedy / War
Duration: 167 minuten / 300 minuten (miniserie)
Alternative titles: Podzemlje / Подземље
Country:
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia / France / Germany / Bulgaria / Czech Republic / Hungary
Directed by: Emir Kusturica
Stars: Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski and Mirjana Joković
IMDb score:
8,0 (64.235)
Releasedate: 11 April 1995
Underground plot
"ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A COUNTRY"
Underground is about the two sympathetic best friends Marko and Blacky. Marko is calculating and unscrupulous, Blacky a soft-hearted idealist. They both fall in love with an actress of loose morals. After a bombing raid on their city of Belgrade in 1941, the friends go into hiding together with a lot of family friends and a monkey. After being in hiding for a while, Marko explores the outside world and tells his friends that the war is still raging. For 15 years, Blacky believes his friend's story, but then sets out to investigate himself.
Actors and actresses
Marko Dren
Petar "Blacky" Popara
Natalija Zovkov
Ivan Dren
Franz
Jovan Popara
Vera
Jelena
Grandfather
Golub
Reviews & comments
de grunt
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- 4338 messages
- 1576 votes
Curiosity in top gear.
Belgrade. The good life - drinking, gambling, feminine beauty - and being chased by a tight, crazy Balkan band. A film-filling score that radiates craftsmanship. Underground is generous in its ambition, stunning in its execution, allegorical in its set-up. Not only is the film wonderfully entertaining - comical, suspenseful, moving - Kusturica also portrays a relevant chaos of dismal control and red politics. Astonishing are the people who withdraw from this and literally live below the surface. Underground also means chaos, but then cultural chaos - where the pleasures of life predominate. This film makes you laugh, wonder, but above all get lost. Political films are usually balanced or colored, often boring, but rarely cinematic so brooding and provocative. genius. The Tin Drum comes to mind as a slightly similar counterpart.
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Don Homer
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- 510 messages
- 1297 votes
This long Serbian absurdist, abstract, black comedy, drama and war film is undoubtedly Kusturica's Magnum opus. The film bizarrely guides the viewer through the recent history of (former) Yugoslavia (its wars) by telling the story of a number of people and a monkey over the years. Amazing experience!
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I saw the short version of just under three hours. A Kusturica that is in line with the other films I've seen from him. Comical, absurd, colorful characters and a solid pace in which a lot happens. A special film also because it tries to convey a message about the difficult moments of Yugoslavia.
In terms of timeline, three moments can be distinguished with the Second World War, the Cold War and the civil war in the 1990s. With the necessary creativity and lightheartedness, the message is told with a joke based on crazy protagonists.
The movie has some great scenes. The opening scene with the zoo bombing was strong, but I found it rather tragic. The movie scenes or those in the water were absurd. Not to mention the bombastic folklore music.
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