Underground - Movie Review

01 November 2005

Rating: 3.5 out of 5

Emir Kusturica evokes Fellini and Jeunet in his epic Underground, which (in a greatly simplified nutshell) tells the story of a group of Yugoslavian weapons manufacturers who hide in a bomb cellar during World War II, only to come up decades later to find Yugoslavia in an entirely new situation (that of the 1990s). Kusturica creates memorable characters and puts them in increasingly surreal scenarios, but he's awfully long-winded in the storytelling. Trim an hour off this beast and you've got a masterpiece.

Image caption Underground

Facts and Figures

Year: 1995

Run time: 167 mins

In Theaters: Friday 20th June 1997

Budget: $14M

Production compaines: Komuna, Barrandov Studios

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 3.5 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 80%
Fresh: 24 Rotten: 6

IMDB: 8.2 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Emir Kusturica

Producer: Karl Baumgartner, Maksa Catovic

Screenwriter: Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica

Starring: Predrag Miki Manojlović as Marko Dren, Lazar Ristovski as Petar "Blacky" Popara, Mirjana Joković as Natalija Zovkov, Slavko Štimac as Ivan Dren, Srđan Todorović as Jovan Popara, Mirjana Karanović as Vera, Danilo 'Bata' Stojković as Grandfather, Borivoje Todorović as Golub, Davor Dujmović as Bata

Also starring: Miki Manojlovic, Mirjana Jokovic, Slavko Stimac, Srdjan Todorovic, Karl Baumgartner, Maksa Catovic, Dusan Kovacevic, Emir Kusturica