---
title: 'Underground (1995)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Emir Kusturica'
released: '1995-04-01'
runtime_minutes: 163
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'
  - 'Yugoslavia'
  - 'Bulgaria'
  - 'Czech Republic'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/underground-1995'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114787/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Underground (1995)

1995 · 163 min · Drama, Comedy, War · Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, France

Original title: Подземље

## Synopsis

Underground, is a 1995 epic satirical absurdist dark comedy war film directed by Emir Kusturica, with a screenplay co-written with Dušan Kovačević. It is also known by the subtitle Once Upon a Time There Was One Country, the title of the five-hour miniseries shown on Serbian RTS television.

## Credits

- **Producer:** [Pierre Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-spengler), [Maksa Ćatović](https://cinepixo.com/people/maksa-catovic)
- **Director:** [Emir Kusturica](https://cinepixo.com/people/emir-kusturica)
- **Screenplay:** [Emir Kusturica](https://cinepixo.com/people/emir-kusturica), [Dušan Kovačević](https://cinepixo.com/people/dusan-kovacevic)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Goran Bregović](https://cinepixo.com/people/goran-bregovic)
- **Director of Photography:** [Vilko Filač](https://cinepixo.com/people/vilko-filac)
- **Editor:** [Branka Čeperac](https://cinepixo.com/people/branka-ceperac)

## Cast

- [Branislav Lečić](https://cinepixo.com/people/branislav-lecic)
- [Pierre Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-spengler)
- [Danilo Stojković](https://cinepixo.com/people/danilo-stojkovic)
- [Helmut Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/helmut-schmidt)
- [Slavko Štimac](https://cinepixo.com/people/slavko-stimac) as Иван
- [Kurt Waldheim](https://cinepixo.com/people/kurt-waldheim)
- [Hark Bohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hark-bohm)
- [Mirjana Karanović](https://cinepixo.com/people/mirjana-karanovic)
- [Srđan Todorović](https://cinepixo.com/people/sr-an-todorovic)
- [Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh](https://cinepixo.com/people/prince-philip-duke-of-edinburgh)
- [Nicolae Ceaușescu](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolae-ceausescu)
- [Nele Karajlić](https://cinepixo.com/people/nele-karajlic)
- [Stojan Sotirov](https://cinepixo.com/people/stojan-sotirov)
- [Branko Petković](https://cinepixo.com/people/branko-petkovic)
- [Emir Kusturica](https://cinepixo.com/people/emir-kusturica) as arms trader

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/underground-1995
Film facts: Wikidata (Q156516); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.