Silent Gunpowder
1990, Serbo-Croatian. Directed by Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Serbo-Croatian
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Cast & crew
- Bahrudin 'Bato' ČengićDirector
- Mustafa NadarevićŠpanac
- Branislav LečićMiloš Radekić
- Fabijan ŠovagovićPop Novak
- Mira FurlanJanja
- Boro StjepanovićLuka Kaljak
- Josip PejakovićVojvoda Trivun Drakulić
- Zijah SokolovićMlinar Gojko
- Svetozar CvetkovićZunzara
- Zaim MuzaferijaUčitelj Stojan Kekić
- Enver PetrovciUroš
- Radko PoličKomesar Vlado
- Marko NikolićMrki
Details
- Released
- 15 March 1990
- Original title
- Gluvi barut
- Country
- Yugoslavia
- Written by
- Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
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Silent Gunpowder runs 116 minutes (1h 56m).
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Who directed Silent Gunpowder?
Silent Gunpowder (1990) was directed by Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić and stars Mustafa Nadarević, Branislav Lečić, Fabijan Šovagović.