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Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually abandons Blacky and steals his girlfriend. After a lengthy stay in a below-ground shelter, the couple reemerges during the Yugoslavian Civil War of the 1990s as Marko sees the opportunity to exploit the situation. An extended television version of Emir Kusturica's Palme d'Or winning Underground.
Seasons
- Season 1 — 6 episodes (November 8, 1996)
Cast
- Predrag 'Miki' Manojlović as Marco Dren
- Lazar Ristovski as Petar "Crni" Popara
- Mirjana Joković as Natalija Zovkov
- Slavko Štimac as Ivan Dren
- Ernst Stötzner as Franc
- Srđan 'Žika' Todorović as Jovan Popara
- Mirjana Karanović as Vera
- Milena Pavlović Čučilović as Jalena
- Danilo 'Bata' Stojković as Deda
- Borivoje Todorović as Golub
- Davor Dujmović as Bata
- dr Nele Karajlić as Ciganin Koji Pada
Details
- Created by
- Emir Kusturica
- First aired
- November 8, 1996
- Episodes
- 6
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, War & Politics
- Status
- Ended
- TMDB score
- 8.8 / 10 from 9 votes
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