Underground (film)

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Movie
German title Underground
Original title Podzemlje
Country of production Germany , France , Hungary , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
original language Serbo-Croatian
Publishing year 1995
length 163 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Emir Kusturica
script Dušan Kovačević ,
Emir Kusturica
production Pierre Spengler ,
Karl Baumgartner
music Goran Bregović
camera Vilko Filač
cut Branka Čeperac
occupation

Underground is a film by the Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica , released in 1995 , which deals in a satirical way with the past and present of what was then Yugoslavia. The political grotesque got on the Cannes Film Festival in 1995 , the Golden Palm . Dušan Kovačević wrote the script.

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"Civil war - civil war" says the director . The story begins in World War II . After the occupation of Yugoslavia by the Germans, a group of partisans literally went underground and hid in a bunker labyrinth under the city of Belgrade . There the resistance fighters start building weapons, which the black market trader Marko passes on to the fighters in the "upper world". Since the whole thing is proving to be an extremely lucrative business, Marko, who is rising up as an industrialist in Tito's state, “fails” to inform the underground fighters about the end of the war, but instead lets them believe by means of staged radio reports that the occupation will continue. After twenty years, however, Petar Popara, leader of the underground partisans, becomes suspicious and ventures to the surface with his son Jovan. There they find themselves in the middle of the shooting of a partisan film about Marko and the allegedly fallen Petar. Believing that there was still a war, the real Petar shoots the character portrayed by a German lieutenant. Soon after, the Bosnian War breaks out, and the film shows clear parallels to World War II.

Reviews

The film, whose story resembles a picaresque novel , quickly caused a sensation and caused a sensation. His satirical talents were widely praised. The film music, composed by Goran Bregović , who had already written the music for Kusturica's films Arizona Dream and The Time of the Gypsies , also contributed significantly to the mood of the film.

“The sprawling film tries to come to terms with the fratricidal war in the former Yugoslavia, whereby it thrives on numerous ingenious images. Nevertheless, he does not succeed in creating a dramaturgically rounded picture: the visual sensations and the ludicrous, grotesque twists and turns do not outweigh the superficial character drawings and the inadequate development of the subject matter. (A five-hour version of the film was created for arte, split into two and six parts, in which the threads of the story should be easier to untangle.) "

- Lexicon of international film

Funding allegations and civil litigation

After the playwright Biljana Srbljanović alleged in the Serbian weekly Vreme in March 2001 that the film had been financed by Slobodan Milošević and accused Kusturica of being an immoral profiteer and collaborator of the regime, Kusturica sued her for defamation. An attempt at mediation organized by Vreme in his editorial offices failed because Srbljanović refused to make a public apology. She upheld this refusal at the first court hearing. In the course of the proceedings, Kusturica's lawyer stated that the film was largely financed by French production companies. The court sentenced Srbljanović to pay damages and ordered her to pay the costs.

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Underground. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed January 15, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  2. ↑ Umesto pomirenja - tužba . September 14, 2001.
  3. ↑ Kusturica encore montré du doigt . September 27, 2001.
  4. ↑ Ko je (ne) moral? . September 14, 2001.
  5. ↑ Srbljanović kriva za klevetu . December 28, 2003.