
Silent Gunpowder (Serbo-Croatian: Gluvi barut) is a Yugoslavian war film Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Serbian village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines, represented by the Chetniks and the Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander Španac and a former Royal Army officer Radekić. Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new, Communist, ideology and so the main plot axis is the conflict between them. At the 1990 Pula Film Festival, the film won the Big Golden Arena for Best Film, as well as the awards for Best Actor in a Leading Role (Branislav Lečić), Best Film Score (Goran Bregović). The film was also shown at the 1991 Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.
Ratings
3.5
Cast

Mustafa Nadarević
Španac

Branislav Lečić
Miloš Radekić

Fabijan Šovagović
Pop Novak

Mira Furlan
Janja

Boro Stjepanović
Luka Kaljak
Josip Pejaković
Vojvoda Trivun Drakulić

Zijah Sokolović
Mlinar Gojko

Svetozar Cvetković
Zunzara
Zaim Muzaferija
Učitelj Stojan Kekić

Enver Petrovci
Uroš

Radko Polič
Komesar Vlado

Marko Nikolić
Mrki
Milan Erak
Mlađen

Milan Štrljić
Kapetan Rajić

Zvonko Lepetić
Trivunov brat Lazar
Zoran Becić
Seljak 4
Jasna Beri
Vojvodina spremačica
Miodrag Brezo
Seljak 3

Božidar Bunjevac
Seljak 1
Rade Čolović

Ranko Gučevac
Villager 2

Jadranka Matković
Mara Kaljak
Nada Pani
Udovica
Matko Raguž
Komesar
Zoran Simonović

Mirko Vlahović
Crew
Producer
Novel
Director
Writer
Music
Cinematography
Editor
Production Design
Costume Design
Makeup Artist
Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Property Master
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Sound Editor
Boom Operator
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Details
Release Date
1990-03-15
Runtime
116 min
Original Language
Serbian (Latin)
Languages
Serbo-Croatian
Production Companies
Jadran Film
Beograd Film
Sutjeska Film
Forum Sarajevo
Televizija Sarajevo
Countries
Yugoslavia
Genres
Drama
War