''Underground'' ( sr, Подземље / ''Podzemlje''), is a 1995
comedy-drama film directed by
Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and musician. He also has French citizenship.http://www.serbia.com/emir-kusturica-artist-builder-and-anti-glo ...
, with a screenplay co-written with
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Ковачевић, ; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in L ...
. It is also known by the
subtitle ''Once Upon a Time There Was One Country'' ( sr, italic=yes, Била једном једна земља/Bila jednom jedna zemlja), the title of the five-hour miniseries (the long cut) shown on
Serbia
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n
RTS television.
The film uses the epic story of two friends to portray a Yugoslav history from the beginning of
World War II
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until the beginning of the
Yugoslav Wars
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. It is an
international co-production
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with companies from
Yugoslavia
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(
Serbia
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), 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
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at the
1995 Cannes Film Festival
The 48th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 1995. The Palme d'Or went to '' Underground'' by Emir Kusturica.
The festival opened with ''La Cité des enfants perdus'', directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and closed with '' The Quick and t ...
. It was Kusturica's second win following ''
When Father Was Away on Business'' (1985). It went on to win other honours.
Plot
In the early morning of 6 April 1941 in
Belgrade, the capital of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...
, two roguish ''bon vivants'' Petar Popara, nicknamed Crni (Blacky) and Marko Dren are heading home. They pass through
Kalemegdan
The Kalemegdan Park ( sr, / ), or simply Kalemegdan ( sr-Cyrl, Калемегдан) is the largest park and the most important historical monument in Belgrade. It is located on a cliff, at the junction of the River Sava and the Danube.
Kal ...
and shout salutes to Marko's brother Ivan, an animal keeper in the
Belgrade Zoo
Beo zoo vrt ( sr-cyrl, Бео зоо врт), also known as Vrt dobre nade (The Garden of good hope), is a publicly owned zoo located in Kalemegdan Park, downtown of Belgrade, Serbia. Established on July 12, 1936, it is considered to be one of th ...
. Marko lets Blacky's pregnant wife Vera know that they enrolled Blacky in the
Communist Party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. ...
(KPJ).
Part One: War
Later, the hungover Blacky is eating breakfast while pregnant Vera complains about his supposed affair with a theatre actress. Suddenly, the roar of the planes is heard, and
German bombs begin falling on Belgrade. After the air raid is over, Blacky goes out against the wishes of his wife and inspects the devastated city. Encountering building ruins and escaped wild animals from the zoo, he also runs into disconsolate Ivan carrying a baby chimp named Soni. The
Royal Yugoslav Army
The Yugoslav Army ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslovenska vojska, JV, Југословенска војска, ЈВ), commonly the Royal Yugoslav Army, was the land warfare military service branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (originally Kingdom of Serbs, ...
's resistance is quickly broken, and German troops soon occupy and dismember the entire Kingdom. Blacky starts operating clandestinely as a communist activist along with Marko and others. Blacky occasionally visits his mistress Natalija Zovkov who has been assigned to a special actors' labour brigade that is helping the city's rebuilding effort under German occupational control. An acclaimed, pampered, and celebrated actress in the
National Theatre, Natalija has caught the eye of a high-ranking German officer named Franz.
Marko has set up a weapons stash in the cellar of his grandfather's house. Following their interception of a large trainload of weapons, Marko and Blacky are identified as dangerous bandits in German radio bulletins. While Blacky is off hiding in the woods as Germans are intensifying door-to-door raids in the city, Marko takes Vera, Ivan and many others into the cellar to hide. Vera is due and gives birth to a baby boy, who she names Jovan before dying.
In 1944, and Blacky is in town to celebrate his son's birthday at a local communist hangout. The two best friends head for the theatre in a jovial mood. They see Natalija performing on stage in front of Franz and other German officers, and Blacky shoots Franz in the chest. With Natalija, Blacky manages to reach the river boat anchored just outside Belgrade. Naturally, Marko is along as well, and all are getting ready for a
forced wedding despite Natalija's protestations.
The party is interrupted by German soldiers surrounding the anchored boat. Suddenly, Franz is seen yelling, demanding Blacky and Marko release Natalija, who runs to Franz. Blacky is captured by Germans and tortured in the city hospital with electric shocks while Franz and Natalija visit her brother Bata at the same hospital. Meanwhile, Marko has found a way to enter the building through an underground sewer passage. Sneaking up on Franz, Marko strangles him to death with a cord in front of Natalija who switches sides once again. Marko then proceeds to free Blacky. They leave with fatigued Blacky hidden in a suitcase, but Blacky is injured by a grenade.
A few days later on Easter 1944, Marko and Natalija, now a couple, are watching a comatose Blacky. In late October, the
Red Army
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accompanied by
Yugoslav Partisans
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enters Belgrade. Marko gives fiery speeches from the National Theater balcony during the
Trieste crisis, socializes with
Josip Broz Tito, Ranković and
Edvard Kardelj
Edvard Kardelj (; 27 January 1910 – 10 February 1979), also known by the pseudonyms Bevc, Sperans and Krištof, was a Yugoslav politician and economist. He was one of the leading members of the Communist Party of Slovenia before World War II ...
and he stands next to Tito during military parades through downtown Belgrade.
Part Two: Cold War
In 1961, Marko is one of Tito's closest associates and advisors. The physically recovered Blacky and company are still in the cellar under the impression that the War is still going on above. Marko and Natalija attend a ceremony to open a cultural center and unveil a statue of Petar Popara Blacky, who everyone thinks died, becoming a
People's Hero. With the help of his grandfather who is in on the devious con, Marko oversees the weapons manufacturing and even controls time by removing hours to a day so the people in the cellar think that only 15 years passed since the beginning of World War II instead of 20. They're continuously making weapons, and Marko profits from it enormously.
The filming of an epic state-sponsored motion picture based on Marko's memoirs titled ''Proleće stiže na belom konju'' (''Spring Comes On A White Horse'') begins above ground. Soon, Blacky's 20-year-old son Jovan will marry Jelena, a girl he grew up with in the cellar. Marko and Natalija are naturally invited for a celebration. Ivan's chimpanzee Soni has wandered into a tank and fires a round blowing a hole in the wall. Soni wanders off, and Ivan follows.
Blacky, with his son Jovan, emerges from underground for the first time in decades. They encounter the set of ''Spring Comes On A White Horse'' and believing the war is still on, kill two extras and the actor playing Franz. In the manhunt, Jovan drowns but Blacky escapes.
Part Three: War
In 1992 at the height of the
Yugoslav Wars
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, Ivan re-emerges with Soni, whom he was recently reunited with. He stumbles upon Marko, who is attempting to broker an arms deal in the middle of a conflict zone. The deal falls through and Ivan catches up with Marko and beats him to unconsciousness, then commits
suicide. Natalija arrives and rushes to Marko's side, proclaiming her love for him. They are captured by militants and they are ordered to be executed as arms dealers by militants' commander, Blacky.
Blacky moves his people out to the cellar that he lived years ago, taking Soni with him. He sees an image of Jovan in a well, and inadvertently falls in while reaching for him.
In a dreamlike ending sequence, Blacky, Marko, and others are reunited at an outside dinner party, celebrating Jovan's wedding. Ivan gives a few parting words, ending with "Once upon a time, there was a country."
Cast
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Miki Manojlović as Marko Dren, a career-climbing
Communist Party
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activist who becomes its high-ranking official and organizer of the communist resistance weapons manufacturing during World War II as well as the lucrative arms trade after the war ends. In parallel, he becomes an influential and wealthy
arms dealer as well as a post-war Communist Yugoslavia state dignitary.
*
Lazar Ristovski as Petar "Blacky" Popara, an electrician who idealistically joins the Communist Party right before World War II and goes on to mark himself out as a skilled and determined
Partisan guerilla resistance fighter during the war's early stages only to end up in a weapons manufacturing cellar for the remainder of it. Once he finally emerges from the cellar, many decades after World War II ended, he becomes a Yugoslavian patriot during the Yugoslav Wars.
*
Mirjana Joković
Mirjana Joković ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Јоковић; born 24 November 1967) is a Serbian film and stage actress, best known for her role as Natalija Zovkov in Emir Kusturica's ''Underground'' (1995). She currently is Director of Performan ...
as Natalija Zovkov, an opportunistic theatre actress constantly switching loyalties
*
Slavko Štimac as Ivan Dren, Marko's stutterer brother who cares for zoo animals
*
Ernst Stötzner
Ernst Stötzner (born 1952) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than sixty films since 1983.
Selected filmography
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1952 births
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as Franz, a Wehrmacht officer in charge of occupied Belgrade during World War II. Stötzner also portrays the actor playing Franz in ''Proleće stiže na belom konju''.
*
Srđan Todorović as Jovan Popara, Blacky's son, who lives almost his entire life underground
*
Mirjana Karanović
Mirjana Karanović ( sr-cyr, Мирјана Карановић; born 28 January 1957) is a Serbian actress, film director and screenwriter. Considered one of the best Serbian and Yugoslavian actresses of all time, she is probably the best known f ...
as Vera, Blacky's wife
*
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 Grandfather, Marko's grandfather who owns the cellar and helps perpetuate his ruse
*
Bora Todorović
Borivoje "Bora" Todorović ( sr-Cyrl, Боривоје "Бора" Тодоровић; 5 November 1929 – 7 July 2014) was a Serbian actor. He was the younger brother of the actress, Mira Stupica, and father of Srđan Todorović.
Biography
He ...
as Golub, the leader of the brass orchestra that frequently accompanies Blacky and Marko
*
Davor Dujmović as Bata, Natalija's crippled brother
*
Mirsad Tuka as Investigator
* Predrag Zagorac as Tomislav
Production
The shooting of the film began in fall 1993 and lasted off-and-on until early spring 1995. The state-owned
Radio Television of Serbia had a small role in financing the film, and the film used rented Yugoslav Army (VJ) equipment as props.
Soundtrack
The film's soundtrack includes music by
Goran Bregović
Goran Bregović (born 22 March 1950) is a recording artist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is one of the most internationally known modern musicians and composers of the Slavic-speaking countries in the Balkans, and is one of the few former Yug ...
and the participation of
Cesária Évora
Cesária Évora GCIH (; 27 August 194117 December 2011), more commonly known as Cize, was a Cape Verdean singer-songwriter. She received a Grammy Award in 2004 for her album ''Voz d'Amor''. Nicknamed the "Barefoot Diva" for performing without ...
.
Reception
Critical reception
''Underground'' has not been widely reviewed by
English-language critics, though it has gained generally favorable reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes
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reports an 86% approval rating based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "Offering an insightful look at Communist Eastern Europe through the microcosm of a long friendship, ''Underground'' is an exhausting, exhilarating epic."
In the ''
New York Daily News'',
Dave Kehr lauded the film as "ferociously intelligent and operatically emotional," and Kevin Thomas of the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' called it a "sprawling, rowdy, vital film laced with both outrageous
absurdist dark humor and unspeakable pain, suffering and injustice". ''
Variety
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s Deborah Young reviewed the film after seeing it at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, praising it as "a steamroller circus that leaves the viewer dazed and exhausted, but mightily impressed", and adding that "if
Fellini
Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...
had shot a war movie, it might resemble ''Underground''".
Writing in ''
Sight & Sound
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'' in November 1996, British author
Misha Glenny
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delivered a stinging attack on critics who view ''Underground'' or
Srđan Dragojević
Srđan Dragojević ( sr-cyr, Срђан Драгојевић, , born 1 January 1963) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter, who emerged in the 1990s as a significant figure in Serbian cinema.
From 2010 until 2017, he was affiliated with the ...
's ''
Lepa sela lepo gore'' through a simplistic, reductionist pro- or anti-Serb critical lens.
Janet Maslin
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of the ''
New York Times
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'' wrote that the film's "real heart is its devastating idea of a morning after: the moment when, after being in the grip of a political delusion lasting several decades, a man can emerge from a subterranean hiding place in his native Yugoslavia and be told that there is no Yugoslavia any more". While acknowledging that "the politics of ''Underground'' have been assailed and dissected by international audiences", she feels that "this debate is largely specious as there's no hidden agenda to this robust and not terribly subtle tale of duplicity with Mr. Kusturica's central idea being a daringly blunt representation of political chicanery that fools an entire society, and of the corruption that lets one man thrive at the expense of his dearest friend".
Political response
Critics saw the characters Marko and Blacky as "Kusturica's idealization of Serbs trapped into desperate acts by history and others' evil while the cowardly characters in the film were Croats and Bosnians, who chose betrayal and collaboration."
Stanko Cerović, director of the Serbo-Croatian editorial department of
Radio France Internationale
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, strongly denounced the film in June 1995, accusing Kusturica of spreading Serbian propaganda, using historical footage in cases except "the
bombardment of Vukovar, or the
three-year-long destruction of his native city by the Serbian army".
However, in 2012 Cerović said that it was not propaganda and "It's quite possible that ''Underground'' will age well".
Throughout the 1990s, Kusturica was frequently attacked by French public intellectuals
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bernard-Henri Lévy (; ; born 5 November 1948) is a French public intellectual. Often referred to in France simply as BHL, he was one of the leaders of the " Nouveaux Philosophes" (New Philosophers) movement in 1976. His opinions, political acti ...
and
Alain Finkielkraut in the French media over his life and career choices. Generally, the two viewed Kusturica as a "traitor who crossed over to the enemy side thus turning his back on his city, his ethnic roots, and his nation". Finkielkraut had not seen the film, but wrote in ''
Libération'' "that offensive and stupid falsification of the traitor taking the palm of martyrdom had to be denounced immediately". Meanwhile, Lévy called Kusturica a "fascist author" while reserving his further judgment upon seeing the film. After watching ''Underground'', Lévy called Kusturica a "racist genius in the mold of
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches (27 May 1894 – 1 July 1961), better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline ( , ) was a French novelist, polemicist and physician. His first novel ''Journey to the End of the Night'' (1932) won the '' Pr ...
". Other intellectuals such as
André Glucksmann
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Glucksmann began his career as a Marxist, but went on to reject communism in the popular bo ...
and
Peter Handke
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joined the debate.
During the September 2008 discussion between the Slovenian philosopher
Slavoj Žižek and Bernard-Henri Lévy on the issues surrounding the historical and social significance of
May 1968 in France
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, Žižek brought up ''Underground'' and Kusturica to Lévy by saying: "''Underground'' I think is one of the most horrible films that I've seen ... What kind of Yugoslav society you see in Kusturica's ''Underground''? A society where people all the time fornicate, drink, fight - a kind of eternal orgy." Lévy answered that he considers himself an "enemy of Kusturica, the man", but that ''Underground'' is "not a bad movie" before going on to commend the film's narrative structure and conclude that "Kusturica is one of the cases, we have some writers like this, where the man is so, so, so more stupid than his work".
Bosnian-American novelist
Aleksandar Hemon
Aleksandar Hemon ( sr-Cyrl, Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels '' Nowhere Man'' (2002) and '' The Lazarus Pr ...
criticized ''Underground'' in 2005, saying that it downplayed Serbian atrocities by "presenting the Balkan war as a product of collective, innate, savage madness."
Accolades
''Underground'' won the
Palme d'Or
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(Golden Palm) award at the
1995 Cannes Film Festival
The 48th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 1995. The Palme d'Or went to '' Underground'' by Emir Kusturica.
The festival opened with ''La Cité des enfants perdus'', directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet and closed with '' The Quick and t ...
,
considered the festival's highest honor. It was director Emir Kusturica's second such award after ''
When Father Was Away on Business''. ''Underground'' was selected as the Serbian entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
68th Academy Awards
The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beg ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
''Underground'' also nominated for Best Foreign Film at the
13th Independent Spirit Awards nearly 3 years after the film won Palme d'Or, but lost to ''
The Sweet Hereafter''.
Libel lawsuit
On 8 March 2001, Serbian newsmagazine ''
Vreme
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History
Launch
In 1990, dissatisfied with the media climate in SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia's largest constituent unit, a group of liberal Serbian intellectuals, i ...
'' published an op-ed piece by Serbian playwright
Biljana Srbljanović under the headline "Hvala lepo" in which she refers to ''Underground'' in passing as "being financed by
Milošević" and accuses Kusturica of being "an immoral profiteer". She goes on to accuse the director of "directly collaborating with the regime via his friend Milorad Vučelić". On 20 March 2001, Kusturica decided to sue Srbljanović for libel.
Before the first court date in September 2001, ''Vreme'' magazine organized a mediation attempt between the two parties, with Kusturica and Srbljanović meeting face to face in the magazine's offices. At the meeting Kusturica expressed willingness to drop the charges if Srbljanović issued a public apology, which Srbljanović refused. The next day at the first court date Srbljanović once again rejected the offer of a public apology. The court case thus continued with Kusturica's lawyer Branislav Tapušković presenting details of the film's financing sources, most of which were French production companies. On 11 December 2003, the municipal court ruled in Kusturica's favour, ordering Srbljanović to pay
damages
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as well as to cover the court costs.
See also
*
List of Yugoslav films
* ''
Who's That Singing Over There
''Who's Singin' Over There?'' ( sh, Ko to tamo peva) is a 1980 Cinema of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav film written by Dušan Kovačević and directed by Slobodan Šijan. It is a dark comedy and features an ensemble cast. The film tells a story about a gro ...
''
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