Once Upon a Time There Was a Country — Season 1, Episode 1: Episode 1
Drama, Comedy, War & Politics • 327 min • 1 season, 6 episodes • ★ 8.8/10
Episode synopsis
Following the German bombing of Belgrade in 1941, Marko gives refuge to twenty people in the cellar of his old house
About Once Upon a Time There Was a Country
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.