Underground (Serbian: Подземље, Podzemlje), is an acclaimed 1995 comedy-drama film directed by Emir Kusturica, with a screenplay co-written by the director and 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), which was the title of the 5-hour mini-series (the long cut of the movie) shown on Serbian RTS television. 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 Yugoslav Wars. The film was an international co-production with companies from FR Yugoslavia, France, Germany, Czech Republic and Hungary. The theatrical version is 163 minutes long. In interviews, Kusturica stated that his original version ran for over 320 minutes, and that he was forced to cut it by co-producers. The film won the Palme d'Or at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival,. It was director Emir Kusturica's second such award after When Father Was Away on Business, making Kusturica one of only seven filmmakers to receive two Golden Palms. The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
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Underground (1995)
Directed by Emir Kusturica
Genres - Comedy, Comedy Drama, Drama, Fantasy, War |
Sub-Genres - Tragicomedy |
Release Date - Oct 25, 1995 |
Run Time - 170 min. |
MPAA Rating - NR
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Budget
$14,000,000
Box Office
$171,082
Themes
Tags
Cellar, Independent, Lie, Mind-Bending/Experimental, Resistance Fighter, True Stories, Weapon
Attributes
Narrative Location: Serbia
Subject: World War II
Subject: World War II
Alternate Titles
Bila jednom jedna zemlja
RS
Había una vez un país...
MX
Il était une fois un pays
CA
Maa-alused
EE
Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
US
Podzemlje
, HR, CS, RS, SI
Pogrindis
LT
Under jorden
NO
Underground
AR, AU, BR, CA, CL, CZ, DK, EC, EG, FI, FR, DE, GR, HU, IN, IL, IT, NL, PL, RO, SG, ZA, ES, SE, AE, GB, US, UY
Underground - Mentiras de Guerra
BR
Underground: Era Uma Vez Um País
PT
Underground: Había una vez un país
MX
Undergrunn
NO, TR
Yeraltı
TR
Андеграунд
RU, UA
Пiдпiлля
UA
Підземелля
UA
Підпілля
UA
Подземље
, CS
Ъндърграунд
BG
アンダーグラウンド
JP
地下
CN
地下社會
TW
언더그라운드
KR