Premeditated Murder (1995)
"Ubistvo s predumisljajem" (original title)

Men, women, and war. Jelena Panic is a young woman in Belgrade in the early 1990s, during Serbia's war with Croatia; she's making a book of her grandmother's diaries from the end of World ... See full summary »

Director:

Gorcin Stojanovic

Writers:

Slobodan Selenic (novel), Slobodan Selenic (screenplay)

Stars:

Branka Katic, Nebojsa Glogovac, Ana Sofrenovic

2 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Branka Katic	...	Jelena Panic (Bulika)
Nebojsa Glogovac	...	Bogdan Bilogorac
Ana Sofrenovic	...	Jelena Ljubisavljevic
Dragan Micanovic	...	Jovan
Sergej Trifunovic	...	Krsman Jaksic
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nada Blam	...	Medicinska sestra
Svetozar Cvetkovic	...	Debeli
Vladan Dujovic	...	Mladi Branko
Predrag Ejdus	...	Dr. Cvetkovic
Rade Markovic	...	Dr. Branko Kojovic
Rade Markovic
Dejan Matic	...	Vodja studentskog pokreta
Radoslav Milenkovic	...	Muzdeka
Gordana Pavlov
Ljubisa Samardzic	...	Vidosav

Storyline

Men, women, and war. Jelena Panic is a young woman in Belgrade in the early 1990s, during Serbia's war with Croatia; she's making a book of her grandmother's diaries from the end of World War II. She takes up with Bogden, a young soldier recovering from war wounds. He helps her with her grandmother's story, a tragic triangle involving her effete and well-educated husband and an uneducated major, a Chekist who has, perhaps, the power to save a political prisoner who is the grandmother's friend. As Jelena wonders which man was her grandfather (the Chekist or the husband), Bogden recovers from his wounds and must decide whether to return to the front. Jelena pleads; duty calls.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Details

Country:

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

15 November 1995 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)

Also Known As:

Premeditated Murder

Filming Locations:

Belgrade, Serbia

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cinema Design, Belgrade

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In 1996, members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) voted this film the 7th best Serbian movie in 1947-1995 period

User Reviews

one of the best Yugoslav films!

"Premeditated murder" shows two love stories: one happening during the Second World War, and the other in 1992. The main characters are grandmother and her granddaughter.Both of the stories are sad and romantic... Simply beautiful! This film introduces us with some of the most important events in Yugoslav history. It's sad and funny at the same time, full of energy, humor, and the young actors and actresses made great roles and made themselves shining careers. The director Gorcin Stojanovic, who is in fact theater director, made a great film for all generations!!