Once Upon a Time There Was a Country

Original title: Bila jednom jedna zemlja

• 1996
• •
• Ended

• Drama
• Comedy
• War & Politics

★ 8.8 TMDB Rating · 9 votes

Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually abandons Blacky and steals his girlfriend. After a lengthy stay in a below-ground shelter, the couple reemerges during the Yugoslavian Civil War of the 1990s as Marko sees the opportunity to exploit the situation. An extended television version of Emir Kusturica's Palme d'Or winning Underground.

Created by

Emir Kusturica

Seasons

1

Episodes

6

Episode length

~5h 27m

First aired

Nov 8, 1996

Original language

Serbian

Origin

Serbia, Serbia