The Balkan Line (2019)

NATO bombs Belgrad March 1999. June: Serb army pulls out of Kosovo. Some Muslims believe they can now plunder, rape and kill Serbs in Kosovo. 5 Russians are to take Kosovo's airport from such bandits and hold it until peacekeepers arrive.

Director:

Andrey Volgin

Writers:

Andrey Anaykin, Ivan Naumov

Stars:

Emir Kusturica, Milos Bikovic, Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic

Cast

Credited cast:
Emir Kusturica	...	Taksist
Milos Bikovic	...	Vuk
Srdjan 'Zika' Todorovic	...	Muz
Ravshana Kurkova	...	Vera
Milena Radulovic	...	Yasna
Anton Pampushnyy	...	Andrey Shatalov
Miodrag Radonjic	...	Amir
Dmitriy Frid	...	Doctor Gerhard Shtern
Gojko Mitic	...	Milic
Yuriy Kutsenko	...	Bek
Aleksandar Sreckovic	...	Smuk (as Alexander Srechkovich)
Aleksandar Radojicic	...	Fadilj
Michael Khmurov	...	General Somov
Andrej Sepetkovski	...	Pop
Branka Pujic	...	Zena

Storyline

Yugoslavia, 1999. The Russian task force receives an order to take control of the Slatina airport in Kosovo and hold it until the arrival of the reinforcements. But both the Albanian warlord and NATO generals also want to control this strategic location. The task force is squaring off with the terrorists in an uphill battle while Russian peacekeepers and NATO forces are rushing to support. Once again the world is on the verge of a big war. But for Andrei Shatalov, the commander of the task force, politics are an afterthought. His girlfriend Yasna is among the hostages at the airport.

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Plot Keywords:

female soldier | serbia | albania | kosovo | bosnia | 

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Taglines:

Pobezhdaet silneyshiy (The strongest prevail)

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Genres:

Action | War

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Details

Official Sites:

Alpha Film [Russia]

Country:

Russia Serbia

Language:

Russian Serbian

Release Date:

21 March 2019 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Balkanska medja

Box Office

Budget:

RUR 230,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

RUR 132,929,105 (Russia), 24 March 2019

Company Credits

Production Co:

Archangel Studios

Technical Specs

Runtime:

141 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

At the end of the movie, in documentary archive scenes, you can see famous folk star Era Ojdanic in tears.

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Quotes

Smuk: [holding a severed head] I brought you your friend! Come out to greet him!

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Connections

Referenced in Evening Urgant: Gojko Mitic/Milos Bikovic/Loqiemean (2019)

User Reviews

Real world

I am really surprised....i expected this movie is gonna be banned...maby it will one day!like every true story buried and forgotten. Every one who watch this movie gonna see something else beside CNN,BBC...and if you believe in all that every day (TV and newspaper)news,you should all ask yourselfs in WHAT world do you live! The story and idea is 10/10 Acting 7/10 Movie effects 8/10 For the balls to make this movie and truth I am giving the final rate 9!!!