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 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.

Cast & crew

Mirjana Karanović · Danilo 'Bata' Stojković · Mirjana Joković · Slavko Štimac · Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović · Borivoje Todorović · Milena Pavlović Čučilović · Dušan Kovačević · Emir Kusturica · Lazar Ristovski · Ernst Stötzner · Srđan 'Žika' Todorović

Studios & networks

CiBy 2000 · Komuna · Novo films · Pandora