Silent Gunpowder
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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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Cast
27 people
Mustafa Nadarević
Španac
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Fabijan Sovagovic
Pop Novak
Branislav Lečić
Miloš Radekić
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Fabijan Šovagović
Pop Novak
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Mira Furlan
Janja
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Boro Stjepanović
Luka Kaljak
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Josip Pejaković
Vojvoda Trivun Drakulić
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Zijah Sokolović
Mlinar Gojko
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Jasmina
Svetozar Cvetković
Zunzara
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Zaim Muzaferija
Učitelj Stojan Kekić
Known for
When Father Was Away on Business
Enver Petrovci
Uroš
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Radko Polič
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Bahrudin 'Bato' Čengić Director · Branko Ćopić Author Andrija Zafranović Editor
First release March 15, 1990 · Produced in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia · Languages Bosnian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian
Production
Jadran film
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Beograd Film
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Sutjeska film
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Forum Sarajevo
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Televizija Sarajevo
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Serbia · Bosnia & Herzegovina · Croatia · Serbia
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Original title
Gluvi barut
Original language
Serbo-Croatian
Spoken on screen
Bosnian · Serbian · Serbo-Croatian
Release dates
Serbia · March 15, 1990
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