Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

Overview

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

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović

Marco Dren

Lazar Ristovski

Petar "Crni" Popara

Mirjana Joković

Natalija Zovkov

Slavko Štimac

Ivan Dren

Ernst Stötzner

Franc

Srđan 'Žika' Todorović

Jovan Popara

Mirjana Karanović

Vera

Milena Pavlović Čučilović

Jalena

Danilo 'Bata' Stojković

Deda

Borivoje Todorović

Golub

Davor Dujmović

Bata

dr Nele Karajlić

Ciganin Koji Pada