''In the Name of Father and Son'' ( sr, italic=yes, U ime oca i sina, sr-Cyrl, У име оца и сина) is a 1999 film directed by

Božidar Nikolić Božidar "Bota" Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Божидар Бота Николић; 1 January 1942 – 13 May 2021) was a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He directed the films ''Balkan Spy'', ''The Dark Side of the Sun'', ''Three Tickets to Holly ...

Plot

The film is a story of a typical Montenegrin family whose son is no longer the same after returning from war. In a small provincial town, in the days when the

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began, a young journalist from a local television station writes a fiery article that inflames the already boiling passions among the locals. While the men enthusiastically respond to the mobilization and enroll in the volunteer lists en masse, only the journalist's father, an ordinary man from the people, intends to break the family tradition of glorious warriors and prevent his only son from going to the

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. When his anti-war operation succeeds, the dilemma remains whether its cost may have been too high.

Cast

Danilo Stojković Danilo Stojković ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојковић; 11 August 1934 – 16 March 2002), commonly nicknamed Bata (Бата), was a Serbian theatre, television and film actor. Stojković's numerous comedic portrayals of the "small man fig ...

as Mrgud Miletić *

Branimir Popović Branimir Popović ( cnr, Бранимир Поповић; born 17 January 1967) is a Montenegrin and Serbian actor and politician. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1992. From 2000 to 2003, he served as Minister of Culture in the Governm ...

as Mirko Miletić * Sonja Jauković as Marica Miletić *

Petar Božović Petar "Pera" Božović ( sr, Петар Божовић; born 22 May 1946) is a Serbian actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theat ...

as Živko Lakić *

Milutin Karadžić Milutin ( sr, Милутин) is a Serbian masculine given name of Slavic origin. The name may refer to: *Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia (1253–1321), king of Serbia *Milutin Bojić (1892–1917), poet *Milutin Ivković (1906–1943), football ...

as Vukota * Varja Đukić as Journalist * Boro Stjepanović as Brica * Ivana Tomičić as Mikača * Milo Miranović as Spasoje * Brano Vuković as Savo * Slobodan Marunović as Professor *

Neda Arnerić Neda Arnerić ( sr-cyr, Неда Арнерић; 15 July 1953 – 10 January 2020) was a Serbian film, stage and television actress, and politician. A graduate art historian, she was considered a sex symbol of Yugoslav cinematography. Personal ...

as Ceca *

Branimir Brstina Branimir Brstina ( sr-cyr, Бранимир Брстина; born 4 January 1960) is a Serbian actor. References External links * 1960 births Living people People from Kikinda Serbian male television actors Serbian male film actors Z ...

as Slavko

References

External links

* 1999 films 1990s war drama films Anti-war films Yugoslav Wars films Works about the Croatian War of Independence Serbian war drama films Yugoslav war drama films 1999 drama films Films shot in Montenegro 1990s Serbian-language films Films scored by Zoran Simjanović {{Montenegro-film-stub