St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009)

This gritty, complex period piece unfurls circa 1914, against the explosive backdrop of the early-World War I Balkans. In a Serbian village on the banks of the Sava River (which constitutes... See full summary »

Director:

Srdjan Dragojevic

Writer:

Dusan Kovacevic (screenplay)

Stars:

Lazar Ristovski, Natasa Janjic Medancic, Bora Todorovic

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lazar Ristovski	...	Djordje Dzandar
Natasa Janjic Medancic	...	Katarina (as Natasa Janjic)
Bora Todorovic	...	Deda Aleksa
Predrag Vasic	...	Vane Siroce
Zoran Cvijanovic	...	Mile Vukovic
Boris Milivojevic	...	Rajko Pevac
Milena Dravic	...	Tetka Slavka
Branislav Lecic	...	Kapetan Tasic
Srdjan Miletic	...	Vojo
Milutin Milosevic	...	Gavrilo Vukovic
Slobodan 'Boda' Ninkovic	...	Ninko Belotic (as Slobodan Ninkovic)
Mladen Andrejevic	...	Ucitelj Micun
Srdjan Timarov	...	Mikan
Goran Jevtic	...	Dane
Ljubomir Bandovic	...	Baca

Storyline

This gritty, complex period piece unfurls circa 1914, against the explosive backdrop of the early-World War I Balkans. In a Serbian village on the banks of the Sava River (which constitutes the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), the local population falls into two factions with radically different ideologies: the veterans from prior Balkan conflicts, many of whom are invalids given their war casualties, and the new military recruits - young, strapping and full of vigor. When the Great War formally erupts following the Archduke's assassination, the new recruits of the village march off to the front lines, leaving the invalids behind; many of those who remain willfully and irresponsibly take sexual advantage of the soldiers' wives and sisters. News of this reaches the Serbian High Command shortly before the battles commence; in response, he summons the invalids and places them at the front lines, in an attempt to effectively deal with the guilty parties. Meanwhile, an unexpected ...

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Plot Keywords:

infidelity | cheating wife | sex scene | sex on boat | voyeur | 

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Genres:

Drama | History | Romance | War

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The first choice for the role of Gavrilo was Sergej Trifunovic, but just before the shooting started, he was rejected because of "creative differences". He was replaced by young Milutin Milosevic.

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Connections

Version of St. George and the Dragon

User Reviews

Shallow river water disappointment

The movie is not near as good as you might think reading nice reviews. I watched it, and i must say it was so slow, that i had to speed it up a little in some parts. The story about a love triangle between 2 soldiers and a lady is not really convincing, characters are more like puppets tied in their stereotypical roles without real space to develop. The one is always mysteriously silent, and stubborn, and that's all he is, and nothing else. Other is, deeply loving, honest, old fashioned man, and nothing more than that. It is hard to bring much more with such limited space. There is also a lot of theatrical, unrealistic dialogs and uber-macho scenes. Looks a little bit like a FIrst world war fairy tale, or it was planned to be that way but had stuck on the way in the swamp of boredom. It is bad very much in the way as Charleston for Ognjenka.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Serbia Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria

Language:

Serbian

Release Date:

11 March 2009 (Serbia)

Also Known As:

St. George Shoots the Dragon

Filming Locations:

Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$325,265

Company Credits

Production Co:

Camera, Delirium, Radio Televizija Srbije (RTS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1