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Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

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Once Upon a Time There Was a Country — Plot

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.

  • Release date
  • November 8, 1996
  • Runtime
  • 327 min
  • TMDB score
  • 8.8
1 seasons Drama, Comedy, War & Politics Creator: Emir Kusturica

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Once Upon a Time There Was a Country — Cast

Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović photo Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović Marco Dren Lazar Ristovski photo Lazar Ristovski Petar "Crni" Popara Mirjana Joković photo Mirjana Joković Natalija Zovkov Slavko Štimac photo Slavko Štimac Ivan Dren Ernst Stötzner photo Ernst Stötzner Franc Srđan 'Žika' Todorović photo Srđan 'Žika' Todorović Jovan Popara Mirjana Karanović photo Mirjana Karanović Vera Milena Pavlović Čučilović photo Milena Pavlović Čučilović Jalena

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