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Popularity

IMDB (62,796 votes)

Meta Score

Rotten Tomatoes

500M
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Play Time: 170 mins
Comedy, Drama, War
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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.

Original Title:Подземље
Status: Released (1995-05-13)
Awards:8 wins & 11 nominations total
BoxOffice:$171,082
Screen:Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica
Productions: CiBy 2000, Pandora Film, Novofilm, Barrandov Studio, Komuna, RTS
Production Countries: Yugoslavia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary
Spoken Languages: English, Français, Deutsch, Pусский, Srpski
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Reviews

Filipe Manuel Neto

Review text:

**A black comedy made for a restricted audience.** The film follows much of Yugoslav history, from its occupation by the Germans during World War II to its dismemberment. This is done through a small handful of characters: Marko and Blacky are friends, but follow different life pa ....

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CinemaSerf

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Though this is a bit hit and miss, and I do wonder just how many editions of the BBC's "'Allo 'Allo" director Emir Kusturica had watched, this is still quite an entertaining look at the evolution of Yugoslavia from it's wartime Chetnik phase through until the dismantling of the count ....

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