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A Balasaur Score of 81 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 86%, Metacritic 79/100. Every source lands within 7 points of the others. Scores higher than 97% of the 1,380 1990s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs long at 2h 50m.
Synopsis
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 Yugoslav Civil War of the 1990s as Marko sees the opportunity to exploit the situation.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Metacritic79/100
799 audience votes
Key crew
- Goran BregovićOriginal Music Composer
- Emir KusturicaDirector
- Dušan KovačevićScreenplay
- Emir KusturicaScreenplay
Cast
- Predrag 'Miki' ManojlovićMarko Dren
- Lazar RistovskiPetar 'Crni' Popara
- Mirjana JokovićNatalija Zovkov
- Slavko ŠtimacIvan Dren
- Ernst StötznerFranz
- Srđan 'Žika' TodorovićJovan Popara
- Mirjana KaranovićVera
- Milena Pavlović ČučilovićJelena
- Danilo 'Bata' StojkovićDeda
- Borivoje TodorovićGolub
- Davor DujmovićBata
- dr Nele KarajlićFalling Gypsy
Stills
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Themes
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