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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Underground is a 1995 Serbian historical comedy/drama co-written and directed by Emir Kusturica.The plot concerns two Serbian rapscallions, Marko and Blacky, who run guns through Belgrade to fight the occupying Nazis but seem more interested in spending their profits on debauchery. When a love triangle threatens their friendship, however, the slippery Marko hatches a plot that tricks Blacky and a large portion of their friends into hiding in a large underground bunker for years, long after the war has ended. Meanwhile, Marko maintains a charade that they are still fighting Nazis above ground.The film marked Kusturica's second Palm d'Or at Cannes, yet also sparked controversy in the Balkans over accusations that it romanticized Yugoslavia's Communist regime. The short version of the film is almost 3 hours long, but the 5-hour uncut edition was aired as a miniseries on Serbian television.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })
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Blatant Lies
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Blatant Lies: The film's intertitle card claiming that Tito became so distraught by Marko's disappearance that he died... 20 years later.
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Heroic Sacrifice
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The film being made of Marko's falsified story of Blacky's Heroic Sacrifice includes some terrible acting, most notably the waves of Nazi soldiers who throw themselves to the ground (sometimes belatedly) whenever a prop gun is pointed in their direction.
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Big Bad Friend
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Big Bad Friend: Marko is Blacky's best friend but functions as a villain in the second half of the film.
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Anti-Villain
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Anti-Villain: Marko and Natalija do terrible things, but we sympathize with them because they do it in misguided love for each other.
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Bad "Bad Acting"
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Bad "Bad Acting": The film being made of Marko's falsified story of Blacky's Heroic Sacrifice includes some terrible acting, most notably the waves of Nazi soldiers who throw themselves to the ground (sometimes belatedly) whenever a prop gun is pointed in their direction. Natalija's play is stilted and cartoonish. She and her co-star alternate between reaching out and recoiling from each other as they say their lines. A shot of the crowd has their heads turning back and forth like they're watching tennis.
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