''Time of Miracles'' () is a 1989 Yugoslav
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...
directed by
Goran Paskaljević
Goran Paskaljević ( sr-cyr, Горан Паскаљевић; ; 22 April 1947 – 25 September 2020) was a Serbian and former Yugoslav film director.
Biography
Born in Belgrade, he was raised by his grandparents in Niš in southern Serbia, foll ...
.
The film was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
63rd Academy Awards
The 63rd Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 25, 1991, at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the cer ...
, but was not accepted as a nominee.
[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]
Plot
The village of Bethany (modeled after the village that, according to the
Bible
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, is located near
Jerusalem
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest cities in the world, and ...
where
Lazarus
Lazarus may refer to:
People
*Lazarus (name), a surname and a given name
* Lazarus of Bethany, a Biblical figure described as being raised from the dead by Jesus
* Lazarus, a Biblical figure from the parable of the Rich man and Lazarus
* Lazar ...
was resurrected), September 1945,
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
has just ended. The
new communist revolutionary government begins the fight against folk customs and beliefs and initiates the process of "exorcising God". The village school burned down in a fire, and the authorities break into the village church and drive out the priest. A revolutionary climbs the church and hangs the
Communist flag on the
cross
A cross is a religious symbol consisting of two Intersection (set theory), intersecting Line (geometry), lines, usually perpendicular to each other. The lines usually run vertically and horizontally. A cross of oblique lines, in the shape of t ...
. Other revolutionaries painted
frescoes
Fresco ( or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster, the painting become ...
on the walls. However, after every attempt to whitewash the walls, the frescoes miraculously return. Communists perceive this act as a counter-revolutionary act. Soon the teacher dies and a stranger appears in the village.
A young man whom no one knows touches the hands of the deceased teacher on the scaffold, and raises him from the dead. The people begin to believe that
Christ
Jesus ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Christianity, central figure of Christianity, the M ...
has arrived in their village and is performing
miracles
A miracle is an event that is inexplicable by natural or scientific lawsOne dictionary define"Miracle"as: "A surprising and welcome event that is not explicable by natural or scientific laws and is therefore considered to be the work of a divin ...
, while the communists declare the raising from the dead a counter-revolutionary act. The problem of the communists is now the teacher who rose from the dead, because the revolution does not believe in miracles. There is a conflict between two
dogmas
Dogma, in its broadest sense, is any belief held definitively and without the possibility of reform. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Judaism, Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, or Islam ...
: the primitive interpretation of
Communism
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and
Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion, which states that Jesus in Christianity, Jesus is the Son of God (Christianity), Son of God and Resurrection of Jesus, rose from the dead after his Crucifixion of Jesus, crucifixion, whose ...
.
Cast
*
Miki Manojlović
Predrag "Miki" Manojlović ( sr-cyr, Предраг "Мики" Манојловић; born 5 April 1950) is a Serbian actor, famous for his starring roles in some of the most important films of Yugoslav cinema. Since the early 1990s, he successfull ...
as Nikodim
*
Dragan Maksimović as Lazar
*
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 Marta
*
Danilo Stojković
Danilo Stojković ( sr-cyr, Данило Стојковић; 11 August 1934 – 16 March 2002), commonly nicknamed Bata (Бата), was a Yugoslav and Serbian theatre, television and film actor.
Stojković's numerous comedic portrayals of stat ...
as Jovan
*
Svetozar Cvetković
Svetozar Cvetković ( sr-Cyrl, Светозар Цветковић; born 20 June 1958) is a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than eighty films since 1980 and played the lead role in '' Do Not Forget Me Istanbul'' together with Mira Furlan
Mir ...
as Young Man
*
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 film), ''Underground'' (1995). She currently ...
as Marija
*
Ljuba Tadić
Ljubomir "Ljuba" Tadić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Љуба Тадић; 31 May 1929 – 28 October 2005) was a Yugoslav actor who enjoyed a reputation as one of the greatest names in the history of former Yugoslav cinema.
Biography
He made his scr ...
as Priest Luka
*
Slobodan Ninković
Slobodan "Boda" Ninković ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан "Бода" Нинковић; born 25 November 1956 in Smederevo) is a Serbian actor. He is known for his work in the films '' Ulysses' Gaze'', '' The Crusaders'' and '' We Are Not Angels''. He ...
as Ozren
*
Dušan Janićijević as Limping Man
*
Stole Aranđelović
Stojan "Stole" Aranđelović (12 June 1930 – 8 April 1993) was a Serbian film actor. He appeared in 120 films between 1955 and 1993.
He was born and died in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
Selected filmography
* ''Crveni cvet'' (1950) - Oficir
* ...
as Blind Man
*
Ljiljana Jovanović
Ljiljana Jovanović (16 February 1930 - 27 January 2012) was a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1948 to 2012.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1930 births
2012 deaths
Actors from Kruševa ...
as Mihajlo's Wife
*
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 Priest's Wife
*
Radmila Savićević
Radmila Savićević ( sr-Cyrl, Радмила Савићевић; 8 February 1926 – 8 November 2001) was a Serbian actress. She appeared in more than sixty films from 1961 to 2000.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
...
as Old Woman
* Stojan Dečermić as Judge
*
Dragomir Felba
Dragomir Felba ( sr-Cyrl, Драгомир Фелба; 7 July 1921 – 13 July 2006) was a Serbia
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, national ...
as Mihajlo
*
Milan Pleština
Milan Pleština (born 3 May 1961) is a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than thirty films since 1987.
Selected filmography
References
External links
*
1961 births
Living people
Male actors from Split, Croatia
Croatian male film ...
as Mihajlo's Son
* Olivera Viktorović as Stanija
* Tanja Maskareli-Ostojić as Mother
See also
*
*
References
External links
Time of Miracles Trailer
*
1989 films
1989 drama films
Yugoslav drama films
Serbian drama films
Serbo-Croatian-language films
1980s Serbian-language films
Films set in 1945
Films set in Yugoslavia
Films shot in Yugoslavia
Films shot in Serbia
Films scored by Zoran Simjanović
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