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Balkan Cinema ENG 371a
Fall 2014
Film Review
Underground by Emir Kusturica
CiBy 2000, Barrandov Studios, Komuna
Length: 170 min, 320 min (Director's cut)
Country: France, Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Serbia
Release Date: 1 April 1995

From deep laughter to tears of regret, Underground by the Serbian director
Emir Kusturica, presents the changes in Yugoslavia in а span of 50 years from 1941
till 1952
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It is considered to be the most important movie in the region
for the past 25 years
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With this quote the viewers are taken on a bewildering and exhausting
journey of a country’s death foretold
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In the first part
Kusturica describes the cultural beat of Serbia on the verge of the WW II outbreak
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Blacky and
Marko have just returned in Belgrade and are roaming the streets in a joyful,
negligent manner that tests the perseverance of the viewers
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The director presents Marko’s brother Ivan, the zookeeper, as the epitome
of love and care in the movie
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” is the ultimate quote
in the movie, which reveals his true intentions and good heart
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The portrait of Ivan is used to present how no good can
survive in times of war
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This reminds the plot of Robin Hood, steal
from the rich and powerful, give it to the poor and brave
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Blacky’s wife Vera dies
while giving birth to their son, which introduces the father-son connection in the
movie
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Kusturica presents Natalija as the womanizer in the hearts of
Marko and Blacky
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The underground is presented as a stinky, dark,
dirty rebel base
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However,
Kusturica continues to intensify the movie by introducing the motif of betrayal
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Marko then marries Natalija and starts selling the weapons to Tito, the Yugoslav
revolutionary statesman
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The second part of the movie, titled “The Cold War”, narrates the story of the
rebels hiding in the cellar
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The wedding totally enlightens the underground
cellar and shows the Balkan spirit
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The cellar rebels are totally confused with the new world and mistake the
festive fireworks for bombings enhances the effect of misconception of war for the
mole people
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“A war is no war until the brother kills his brother
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The director compares the
two protagonists Blacky and Marko to the war between Bosnia and Serbia
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In order to enhance the
fratricide effect of the movie, Kusturica presents the fight between Ivan and Marko,
as the death of the last person that meant no harm in the movie
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The soldiers report to
their commander, Blacky that they have captured the notorious weapon smuggler
and he immediately orders them to burn him alive
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Devastated by the thoughts of killing his own brother from another

mother, Blacky starts roaming around helplessly, until he sees the ghost of his lost
son in a river connected to their Underground prison
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They
drink, they smoke, they swear, they show the real culture beat of the Balkans
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The mistakes
of Blacky and Marko are a lifetime lesson to each and every person who has seen
this masterpiece by Emir Kusturica

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