Timocka buna (1983)

Director:

Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic

Writer:

Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic (writer)

Release Date:

5 July 1983 (Yugoslavia)

Genre:

Drama | History

Plot:

In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army...

Plot Keywords:

Epic | Historical

Cast

Ljubisa Samardzic	...	Lazar ... ucitelj
Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic	...	Kapetan Sibin
Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanic	...	Ljuba Didic
Jadranka Selec	...	Kristina
Danilo Lazovic	...	Kralj Milan Obrenovic
Vesna Cipcic	...	Kraljica Natalija Obrenovic
Dusan Janicijevic	...	Predsednik vlade
Irfan Mensur	...	Nikola Pasic
Mirko Babic	...	Milisav ... 'Golja'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Faruk Begolli	...	Potpukovnik
Milan Bogosavljevic
Nenad Ciganovic
Snezana Jaksic
Borivoje Jovanovic		(as Bora Jovanovic)
Slobodan Kolakovic
Slobodan Ljubicic
Milutin Micovic
Vera Mitrovic
Mladen Nedeljkovic
Dragan Ocokoljic	...	Svestenik
Milan Pajkic
Mirko Petkovic
Bogoljub Petrovic	...	Porucnik
Miodrag Popovic-Deba
Stevan Salajic
Ljiljana Sedlar
Stevan Simic
Ljubo Skiljevic
Oliver Sukletovic
Milojko Topalovic
Minja Vojvodic	...	Petko ... kocijas
Rade Vukotic
Jelena Zigon

Directed by
Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic		writer

Original Music by
Ksenija Zecevic

Cinematography by
Tomislav Pinter

Film Editing by
Mirjana Mitic

Production Design by
Miodrag Nikolic

Art Direction by
Milan Todorovic

Costume Design by
Zagorka Stojanovic

Makeup Department
Marija Mitrovic	....	makeup artist (as Marija Milenkovic-Kusec)
Radmila Todorovic	....	makeup artist (as Radmila Ivatovic)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Zdravko Randic	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Radoslav Miljkovic	....	boom operator
Svetislav Ristic	....	sound recordist
Ivan Zakic	....	sound recordist

Stunts
Slavoljub Plavsic-Zvonce	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Stanko Bajalica	....	gaffer
Zlatko Jovanovic	....	still photographer
Radovan Klimecki	....	first assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Spomenka Vidakovic	....	assistant costume designer

Production Companies

• Avala Film
• Morava Film

Also Known As:

Тимочка буна (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)

Runtime:

114 min

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Avala Film

One of the least interesting Zika Mitrovic films

TIMOCKA BUNA is one of the least relevant Zika Mitrovic films. It was made as a vehicle for Yugoslav superstar Ljubisa Samardzic. The funding was obtained through Samardzic's connections with local factories based on the territory where actual Timocka Buna (The Timok Rebellion) took place in the XIX century.

Film depicts the Timok rebellion, event when a part of Serbia arose against the monarchy, supported by the Radical Party, the strongest entity in Serbian Parliament at the time.

Sadly, this poignant event was filmed in Communism, thus authors weren't allowed to truly explore the political and historical background of the events.

The screenplay is flat. It lacks action and relies on self-explanatory sterile dialogue. Characters are one-dimensional, shaped after safely disinfected rules of educational programs.

Mitrovic's direction is as bland. The film is immobile, slow and clumsy, slightly under-budgeted and quite close to television standards. This is why TIMOCKA BUNA makes more sense on the smaller screen. Mitrovic tries to redeem this flop by a few crafty Western shots in the final minutes of the film but by then, all is already lost.

TIMOCKA BUNA can be relevant for scholars who study XIX century history. It isn't truly historically relevant but it can at least depict how some of the historical figures actually looked like and dressed at the time.