The Dagger (1999 film)
| The Dagger Нож Nož | |
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| Directed by | Miroslav Lekić |
| Written by | Miroslav Lekić Slobodan Stojanović |
| Based on | Nož, a novel by Vuk Drašković |
| Produced by | Bojan Maljević Bojana Maljević |
| Starring | Žarko Laušević Bojana Maljević |
| Cinematography | Veljko Despotović |
| Edited by | Branislav Milošević |
| Music by | Toma Babović Aleksandar Milić |
| Distributed by | Monte Royal Pictures |
Running time | 135 min. |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbian |
The Dagger (Serbian: Нож / Nož, "Knife") is a 1999 Yugoslav war film directed by Miroslav Lekić. The film was written by Miroslav Lekić, Slobodan Stanojević and Igor Bojović. The plot is based on Vuk Drašković's novel of the same name.
The main motive of the film is the eventually disclosed nonsense of ethnic division in Bosnia, pointing out to the same historical origin of both opposed ethnic groups, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslims - Orthodox Christians and Sunni Muslims, respectively. Set in the 1960s and observed from the point of view of Alija Osmanović, a young Muslim medical student raised by a single mother, his entire family slaughtered and his baby brother kidnaped by Serbs in Second World War, as the aftermath of Jugovići (Christian) and Osmanovići (Muslim) violent family feud, he learns not only that Osmanovići were once but a branch of Jugovići family who converted to Islam during the Turkish rule, but that, unbeknownst to his mother, he himself was a baby taken from Jugovići, after the massacre of Jugovići on Christmas Eve in 1942. Both families now extinct, and Alia as the descendant of both, torn between two cultures and two identities, he struggles to maintain his inner peace, desperately searching for his long lost step-brother and fighting the prejudices against the love relationship he has with a Serbian colleague student.
Based on true events of World War II and being centered on the atrocious crimes committed to Serbs during World War II, and the particular families of Jugovići and Osmanovići.
In 1999, the film was screened at the 13th Montenegro Film Festival, and gained five featured awards.[1][2] The film also earned the “Fipresci Award” for Directing, five acting awards in the Niš Film Festival and the “Crystal Star” at the Brussels Film Festival.[2]
Cast
- Žarko Laušević : Alija Osmanovic / Ilija Jugovic
- Bojana Maljević : Milica Jankovic
- Aleksandar Berček : Halil 'Sikter' Efendija
- Ljiljana Blagojević : Rabija Osmanovic
- Petar Božović : Sabahudin Aga / Atifaga Tanovic
- Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic : Nicifor Jugovic
- Nikola Kojo : Milan Vilenjak
- Svetozar Cvetković : Selim Osmanovic
- Josif Tatić : Kemal Osmanovic
- Dragan Nikolić : Hodza
- Dragan Maksimović : Zulfikar
References
- ^ "13. filmski festival". Montenegro Film Festival. Freshidea. 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- ^ a b "The Dagger". Monte Royal. © Monte Royal Pictures International. 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
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