Who's Singin' Over There?

Original title: Ko to tamo peva

1980
1h 26m

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It's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.It's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.It's April 5, 1941, somewhere in Serbia. A group of people go on a bus to Belgrade, on a journey that will change their lives forever.

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8.7/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 2 nominations

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Pavle Vuisic

Kondukter
(as Pavle Vujisic)

Dragan Nikolic

Pevac

Danilo 'Bata' Stojkovic

Brka
(as Danilo Stojkovic)

Aleksandar Bercek

Misko Krstic

Neda Arneric

Mlada

Milivoje 'Mica' Tomic

Aleksa Simic
(as Milivoje Tomic)

Tasko Nacic

Lovac

Boro Stjepanovic

Celavi
(as Borislav Stjepanovic)

Slavko Stimac

Mladozenja

Miodrag Kostic

Muzikant I

Nenad Kostic

Muzikant II

Bora Todorovic

Ozalosceni

Slobodan Aligrudic

Porucnik

Petar Lupa

Stanojlo Milinkovic

Orac

Ljubomir Cipranic

Kaplar

Djenadija Rogic

Baba u crnom
(uncredited)

Milovan Tasic

Oracev sin koji busi gumu
(uncredited)

Director
- Slobodan Sijan
Writer
- Dusan Kovacevic
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Trivia
In some scenes of the film, an old woman, clad entirely in black, is seen sitting at the back seat. No one ever talks to her, she plays no part in the film's plot, and she isn't listed in the end credits. Director Slobodan Sijan has allegedly said that she represents death, as well as the tragedy of the upcoming war. However, the film's screenwriter Dusan Kovacevic has said that: ''The old woman in black represents a part of Serbia which is completely isolated. She is an analogy of the old people who were left in some backwater villages by their families. There they live, day-by-day, accepting their fate, with little concern about the events in the world, and have created their own paradox of memory, habits and melancholy.''

Goofs
The bus that makes the center point of the film is a Mercedes-Benz O3500, which did not enter the production until 1949, eight years after the events in film take place.

Quotes
Kondukter: Vozi Misko...

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10/10

must see for all foreign diplomats to the Balkans

This movie is one of the funniest, saddest and most accurate portrayals of the mentality that seems to have pervaded the Balkans yet again, 45 years after the time depicted. All the usual characters and conflicts are presented with such anger, sadness and love combined that it is impossible to decide whether crying or laughing would be the more appropriate response. The accuracy of portrayal and the timelessness of the types, however, make it for a great film to watch if one wants to understand a little bit of what drove ex-Yugoslavia to its madness. In fact, no diplomat dealing with the region should attempt anything until they saw this movie, and its twin, *Maratonci trce pocasni krug.* Did I mention it is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen?