UNDERGROUND (3-disc DVD set)
A film by Emir Kusturica

This deeply moving and masterful tragic-farce from Emir Kusturica earned the director his second Palme d'Or, securing his place in the filmmaking elite.

Marco (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovsi) are two charming rogues making a living on the black market by stealing arms to sell on to the Partisans. But both men are in love with actress Natalija (Mirjana Jokovic) and, in the chaos of conflict, Marko tries to eliminate his competition by hiding Blacky away in a cellar for 20 years and orchestrating an elaborate charade to convince him that the war is ongoing.

This epic tale of friendship, betrayal and romantic entanglement, set against the backdrop of 50 turbulent years of Yugoslavian history from the German invasion of 1941 to its eventual dissolution in the 1990s is available in this set with the five-hour cut for TV.

Special features

Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (Emir Kusturica, 1995, 315 minutes): the six-part TV version of Underground
Shooting Days (Aleksandar Manic, 1996, 73 mins): documentary on the making of Underground
EPK Items (29 mins): behind-the-scenes footage and interview with the director, cast and production designer
Trailer (1 min)
Illustrated booklet with contributions by Dina Iordanova, Sean Homer, Michael Brooke and Paul Fairclough, and full film credits

France, Germany, Hungary | 1995 | colour | Serbo-Croat language, with English subtitles | 163 mins | original aspect ratio 1.85:1
Disc 1: DVD9 | PAL | 25fps | Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2.0 audio (48k/16-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 | PAL | 25fps | stereo audio (192kbps)
Disc 3: DVD9 | PAL | 25fps | stereo audio (192kbps)