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Cabaret Balkan

Original title: Bure baruta
  • 19981998
  • RR
  • 1h 42m
IMDb RATING
7.8/10
5.3K
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Cabaret Balkan (1998)
ComedyDrama
Random Belgrade citizens interact with each other in a night full of crime, frustration, betrayal and revenge.Random Belgrade citizens interact with each other in a night full of crime, frustration, betrayal and revenge.Random Belgrade citizens interact with each other in a night full of crime, frustration, betrayal and revenge.
IMDb RATING
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5.3K
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    • Goran Paskaljevic
  • Writers
    • Dejan Dukovski(play)
    • Goran Paskaljevic
    • Filip David(co-writer)
  • Stars
    • Aleksandar Bercek
    • Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic
    • Bogdan Diklic
    • Goran Paskaljevic
  • Writers
    • Dejan Dukovski(play)
    • Goran Paskaljevic
    • Filip David(co-writer)
  • Stars
    • Aleksandar Bercek
    • Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic
    • Bogdan Diklic
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 38User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
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    Photos119

    Nikola Ristanovski stars as Boris
    Michael & Ana
    Ana and her fellow passengers watch some odd behavior on the bus.  From the left to right, Ivan Bekjarev, Milena Dravic, Sergej Trifunovic  and Mirjana Jokovic.
    Nebojsa Milovanovic stars as a Bosnian Serb son
    1 sheet movie poster
    Cabaret Balkan (1998)
    Cabaret Balkan (1998)
    Nebojsa Glogovac in Cabaret Balkan (1998)
    Toni Mihajlovski in Cabaret Balkan (1998)
    Bogdan Diklic, Dragan Nikolic, and Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic in Cabaret Balkan (1998)
    Toni Mihajlovski and Nebojsa Milovanovic in Cabaret Balkan (1998)
    Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic in Cabaret Balkan (1998)

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    Aleksandar Bercek
    Aleksandar Bercek
    • Dimitri, the Crippled Ex-Cop from the Local Cafe
    Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic
    Vojislav 'Voja' Brajovic
    • Topi, the Ex-Student Revolutionary Trafficker
    • (as Vojislav Brajovic)
    Bogdan Diklic
    Bogdan Diklic
    • John, the VW Driver
    Nebojsa Glogovac
    Nebojsa Glogovac
    • The Chain-Smoking Taxi Driver
    Mirjana Jokovic
    Mirjana Jokovic
    • Ana, the 'Flirt' on the Bus, George's Girlfriend
    Mirjana Karanovic
    Mirjana Karanovic
    • Natalia, Mane's Ex-Fiancee
    Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
    Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic
    • Mane (Michael), the Homecoming Man
    • (as Predrag-Miki Manojlovic)
    Toni Mihajlovski
    Toni Mihajlovski
    • George, the Eternal Culprit, Ana's Boyfriend
    Nebojsa Milovanovic
    Nebojsa Milovanovic
    • The Bosnian Serb Son Who Doesn't Want to End Up Like His Father
    Dragan Nikolic
    Dragan Nikolic
    • John's Boxer Friend
    Lazar Ristovski
    Lazar Ristovski
    • The Boxer Who Takes the Train
    Nikola Ristanovski
    Nikola Ristanovski
    • Boris, the Esoteric Cabaret Artist
    Ana Sofrenovic
    • The Desperate Young Woman on the Train
    Sergej Trifunovic
    Sergej Trifunovic
    • The Young Man Chewing Gum Who Takes the Bus Hostage
    Mira Banjac
    Mira Banjac
    • The Bosnian Serb Mother
    Ivan Bekjarev
    Ivan Bekjarev
    • The Man on the Bus Who Thinks He's Tough
    Azra Cengic
    Azra Cengic
    • The Wife of the Bus Man Who Thinks He's Tough
    Milena Dravic
    Milena Dravic
    • The Lady on the Bus with the Hat and Fox Stole
      • Goran Paskaljevic
    • Writers
      • Dejan Dukovski(play)
      • Goran Paskaljevic
      • Filip David(co-writer)
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      Filmed entirely at night.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Mickey Blue Eyes/The Adventures of Sebastian Cole/The Muse/Teaching Mrs. Tingle/Cabaret Balkan (1999)
    • Soundtracks
      Fanfare / Duvacki
      Orkestar 'Oluja' Sinisa Stankovica

    User reviews38

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    10/10
    The best film to come out Yugoslavia in the last 10 years
    If you know at least something about the events that took place in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s, you should be able to understand this movie.

    Many people have misinterpreted this movie as a vicious depictment of some sick Serbian mentality or an exaggerated vision of a post-war Serbia. None of this is true. The theme of "Cabaret Balkan" is not violence. A great parallel can be made between "Cabaret Balkan" and "A Clockwork Orange". The violence in both movies is not the theme - it's merely an extreme way of proving an important point.

    The oppressors and the oppressed. The small fish and the big fish. The dogs and the sheep (rock fans might find interesting similarities between this movie and Pink Floyd's "Animals"). There seems to be certain hierarchy present in "Cabaret Balkan". The passive majority is constantly oppressed by the violent minority, many of whom themselves are victims of "bigger fish". The passive majority is always ready to turn a blind eye, to look the other way or, as a scene from the movie so visually illustrates, sit on a different side of the bus.

    Who should the war be blamed on? Is it the government's fault? Or is the fault of the people who elected the government? Should the criminals in power take the blame or the people who let them stay in power? A key scene of the movie which takes place in the bus seems to tell us the most about this issue. "You finally stood up to me", says the young bully to the old man who refuses to play along and answer his insulting questions. In a way, the young bully on the bus is the only real hero of "Cabaret Balkan". He is the only one with the guts to stand up for his rights - everyone else would much rather look the other way, ignore the situation and mind their own business.

    The original title of the movie - "Powder Keg", draws its name from an old nickname the Balkan peninsula earned at the beginning of this century - a powder keg ready to explode, with multitudes of people constantly fighting wars, making up, then fighting again. After all, isn't that what all the characters in the movie do? The strange mentality of the Balkan people cannot be easily explained, so director Paskaljevic takes it into extremes and creates extremely surreal scenes, like the one in the boxing ring and the bar. Fight. Drink. Fight. Drink. War. Peace. War. Peace. What's it going to be? Doesn't matter, as long as we're all in "good health".
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    • Zambelli
    • Sep 14, 2000

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    • Release date
      • August 1, 1998 (Federal Republic of Yugoslavia)
      • Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
      • North Macedonia
      • France
      • Greece
      • Turkey
      • Paramount Classics
      • Serbian
    • Also known as
      • Belgrade, Serbia
    • Production companies
      • MACT Productions
      • Ticket Productions
      • Vans
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Digital

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