Silent Gunpowder (1990)
Overview
Silent Gunpowder (Serbo-Croatian: Gluvi barut) is a Yugoslavian war film Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander Španac and a former Royal Army officer Radekić. Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new, Communist, ideology and so the main plot axis is the conflict between them. At the 1990 Pula Film Festival, the film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, as well as the awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Branislav Lečić), Best Film Score (Goran Bregović). The film was also shown at the 1991 Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | sh |
| Popularity | 0.906 |
Directed By
Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
Crew
Branko Copic
Mirza Pašić
Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
Radovan Marković
Nebojša Lipanović
Ana Bulajić-Črček
Nidžara Mehić
Milan Lugomirski
Radmila Jovančićević
Tomislav Pinter
Veljko Despotović
Snježana Tomljenović 'Buba'
Srdjan Kurpjel
Goran Bregović
Damir Begovic
Božidar 'Bota' Nikolić
Andrija Zafranović
Branko Neškov
Nikola Popovic
Srđan Popović
TOP CAST
Mustafa Nadarević
Španac
Branislav Lečić
Miloš Radekić
Fabijan Šovagović
Pop Novak
Mira Furlan
Janja
Boro Stjepanović
Luka Kaljak
Josip Pejaković
Vojvoda Trivun Drakulić
Zijah Sokolović
Mlinar Gojko
Svetozar Cvetković
Zunzara
Zaim Muzaferija
Učitelj Stojan Kekić
Enver Petrovci
Uroš
Radko Polič
Komesar Vlado
Marko Nikolić
Mrki
Milan Erak
Mlađen
Milan Štrljić
Kapetan Rajić
Zvonko Lepetić
Trivunov brat Lazar
Zoran Becić
Seljak 4
Jasna Beri
Vojvodina spremačica
Miodrag Brezo
Seljak 3
Božidar Bunjevac
Seljak 1
Ranko Gučevac
Villager 2
Jadranka Matković
Mara Kaljak
Nada Pani
Udovica
Matko Raguž
Komesar
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