Underground (1995 film)
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Underground (Serbian: Подземље / Podzemlje), is a 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Emir Kusturica, with a screenplay co-written with Dušan Kovačević. It is also known by the subtitle Once Upon a Time There Was One Country (Serbian: Била једном једна земља / Bila jednom jedna zemlja), the title of the five-hour miniseries (the long cut) shown on Serbian RTS television.
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Directed by | Emir Kusturica |
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Story by | Dušan Kovačević |
Produced by | Maksa Ćatović
Pier Spengler Karl Baumgartner |
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Cinematography | Vilko Filač |
Edited by | Branka Čeperac |
Music by | Goran Bregović |
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Running time | 170 minutes[1] |
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Languages | Serbian German |
Budget | €12.5 million[2] |
Box office | $171,082 (North America)[3] |
The film uses the epic story of two friends to portray a Yugoslav history from the beginning of World War II until the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars. It is an international co-production with companies from Yugoslavia (Serbia), France, Germany, Czech Republic and Hungary. The theatrical version is 163 minutes. Kusturica stated in interviews that his original version ran for over five hours, and that co-producers forced edits.
Underground received critical acclaim, and won the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. It was Kusturica's second win following When Father Was Away on Business (1985). It went on to win other honours.