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A tragicomedy about love, friendship, betrayal, manipulation and lies. Deals with the conflicts of Yugoslav history of the past fifty years. The story starts from an underground manufacture of weapons of Belgrade, during WWII. The black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans forgets to ment...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Serbian French German |
| Language Notes: | In Serbo-Croatian and some German and French, with optional English subtitles; credits in Serbian, French, and English. |
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New York :
New Yorker Video,
[2003]
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| Edition: | Widescreen format (16:9). |
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| Summary: | A tragicomedy about love, friendship, betrayal, manipulation and lies. Deals with the conflicts of Yugoslav history of the past fifty years. The story starts from an underground manufacture of weapons of Belgrade, during WWII. The black marketeer who smuggles the weapons to partisans forgets to mention to the workers that the war is over, and they keep producing. 50 years later, they become suspicious, and break out of their underground "shelter"--Only to convince themselves that the guy was right: the war is still going on. |
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| Item Description: | Based on the novel: Once upon a time there was a country / by Dušan Kovačević. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995. "16/9 compatible 4/3 letterboxed." -- Container. Special features: Interview with the director at Cannes (3 min.); original French theatrical trailer (1 min.). Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Awards: | "Winner Palme d'or Best Film Cannes Film Festival '95." |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Vilko Filač ; editor, Branca Čeparac ; music, Goran Bregović. |
| ISBN: | 1567303285 9781567303285 |