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Silent Gunpowder
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Silent Gunpowder

1990-03-15 · 116 min · ★ 4.9

Drama · War

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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Directors
Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić
Production companies
Jadran film, Beograd Film, Sutjeska film, Forum Sarajevo, Televizija Sarajevo
Countries
Yugoslavia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Mustafa NadarevićMustafa NadarevićŠpanac
Branislav LečićBranislav LečićMiloš Radekić
Fabijan ŠovagovićFabijan ŠovagovićPop Novak
Mira FurlanMira FurlanJanja
Boro StjepanovićBoro StjepanovićLuka Kaljak
Josip PejakovićJosip PejakovićVojvoda Trivun Drakulić
Zijah SokolovićZijah SokolovićMlinar Gojko
Svetozar CvetkovićSvetozar CvetkovićZunzara
Zaim MuzaferijaUčitelj Stojan Kekić
Enver PetrovciEnver PetrovciUroš
Radko PoličRadko PoličKomesar Vlado
Marko NikolićMarko NikolićMrki
Milan ErakMilan ErakMlađen
Milan ŠtrljićMilan ŠtrljićKapetan Rajić
Zvonko LepetićZvonko LepetićTrivunov brat Lazar
Zoran BecićSeljak 4
Jasna BeriVojvodina spremačica
Miodrag BrezoSeljak 3
Božidar BunjevacBožidar BunjevacSeljak 1
Rade Čolović

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