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1990 Yugoslavia film

Gluvi barut (Silent Gunpowder)
Directed by	Bato Čengić
Written by	Branko Ćopić (novel) Bato Čengić (screenplay)
Produced by	Mirza Pašić
Starring	Mustafa Nadarević Branislav Lečić Fabijan Šovagović Mira Furlan Boro Stjepanović Josip Pejaković Zijah Sokolović
Cinematography	Božidar Nikolić Tomislav Pinter
Edited by	Andrija Zafranović
Music by	Goran Bregović
Release date	15 March 1990 (1990-03-15)
Running time	116 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian

Silent Gunpowder (Serbo-Croatian: Gluvi barut) is a 1990 Yugoslav war film directed by Bato Čengić, starring Mustafa Nadarević, Branislav Lečić, Fabijan Šovagović, Mira Furlan, Boro Stjepanović and Josip Pejaković.

Plot

Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Bosnian Serb village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines in the face of the Axis invasion and subsequent occupation of the country, represented by the royalist Chetniks and the communist Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander nicknamed Španac (lit. "Spaniard", played by Mustafa Nadarević) and a former Royal Army officer Miloš Radekić (played by Branislav Lečić). Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new communist ideology, and so the main plot revolves around the conflict between them.

Cast

Mustafa Nadarević as Španac
Branislav Lečić as Miloš Radekić
Fabijan Šovagović as Novak the Priest
Mira Furlan as Janja
Boro Stjepanović as Luka Kaljak
Josip Pejaković as Trivun Drakulić the Duke
Zaim Muzaferija as Stojan Kekić the Teacher
Svetozar Cvetković as Zunzara
Enver Petrovci as Uroš
Radko Polič as Vlado the Commissioner
Marko Nikolić as Mrki
Milan Erak as Mlađen
Milan Štrljić as Captain Rajić
Zvonko Lepetić as Lazar
Zijah Sokolović as Gojko the Miller

Awards

At the 1990 Pula Film Festival (the Yugoslavian version of the Academy Awards), 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), and Best Makeup (Snježana Tomljenović).
The film was also shown at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.

References

"17th Moscow International Film Festival (1991)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2014-04-03. Retrieved 2013-03-03.

External links

Gluvi barut at IMDb

v t e Big Golden Arena for Best Film
As Yugoslav Film Awards (1957–90)	Priests Ćira and Spira (1957) H-8 (1958) Train Without a Timetable (1959) The Ninth Circle (1960) Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961) Kozara (1962) Face to Face (1963) Official Position (1964) Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965) Monday or Tuesday (1966) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) When I Am Dead and Gone (1968) Downstream from the Sun (1969) Handcuffs (1970) Red Wheat (1971) The Master and Margaret (1972) The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) Guns of War (1974) The House (1975) Idealist (1976) Don't Lean Out the Window (1977) Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978) Trophy (1979) Petria's Wreath (1980) The Fall of Italy (1981) Body Scent (1983) Balkan Spy (1984) When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Happy New Year '49 (1986) Reflections (1987) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) The Meeting Point (1989) Silent Gunpowder (1990)
As Croatian Film Awards (1992–present)	Story from Croatia (1992) Countess Dora (1993) Washed Out (1995) How the War Started on My Island (1996) Mondo Bobo (1997) When the Dead Start Singing (1998) Madonna (1999) Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000) Slow Surrender (2001) Fine Dead Girls (2002) Here (2003) Long Dark Night (2004) What Iva Recorded (2005) All for Free (2006) The Living and the Dead (2007) No One's Son (2008) Metastases (2009) Just Between Us (2010) Kotlovina (2011) A Letter to My Father (2012) A Stranger (2013) Number 55 (2014) The High Sun (2015) On the Other Side (2016) A Brief Excursion (2017) Mali (2018) The Diary of Diana B. (2019) Tereza37 (2020) A Blue Flower (2021) The Staffroom (2022) Bigger Than Trauma (2023)

Big Golden Arena for Best Film

As Yugoslav Film Awards
(1957–90)

Priests Ćira and Spira (1957)
H-8 (1958)
Train Without a Timetable (1959)
The Ninth Circle (1960)
Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961)
Kozara (1962)
Face to Face (1963)
Official Position (1964)
Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965)
Monday or Tuesday (1966)
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
When I Am Dead and Gone (1968)
Downstream from the Sun (1969)
Handcuffs (1970)
Red Wheat (1971)
The Master and Margaret (1972)
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
Guns of War (1974)
The House (1975)
Idealist (1976)
Don't Lean Out the Window (1977)
Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
Trophy (1979)
Petria's Wreath (1980)
The Fall of Italy (1981)
Body Scent (1983)
Balkan Spy (1984)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Happy New Year '49 (1986)
Reflections (1987)
My Uncle's Legacy (1988)
The Meeting Point (1989)
Silent Gunpowder (1990)

As Croatian Film Awards
(1992–present)

Story from Croatia (1992)
Countess Dora (1993)
Washed Out (1995)
How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Mondo Bobo (1997)
When the Dead Start Singing (1998)
Madonna (1999)
Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000)
Slow Surrender (2001)
Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Here (2003)
Long Dark Night (2004)
What Iva Recorded (2005)
All for Free (2006)
The Living and the Dead (2007)
No One's Son (2008)
Metastases (2009)
Just Between Us (2010)
Kotlovina (2011)
A Letter to My Father (2012)
A Stranger (2013)
Number 55 (2014)
The High Sun (2015)
On the Other Side (2016)
A Brief Excursion (2017)
Mali (2018)
The Diary of Diana B. (2019)
Tereza37 (2020)
A Blue Flower (2021)
The Staffroom (2022)
Bigger Than Trauma (2023)

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