Silent Gunpowder

{{Infobox film | name = Silent Gunpowder | image = | screenplay = Bato Čengić | based_on = {{Based on|''Gluvi barut''|Branko Ćopić}} | starring = Mustafa Nadarević Branislav Lečić Fabijan Šovagović Mira Furlan Boro Stjepanović Josip Pejaković Zijah Sokolović | producer = Mirza Pašić | director = Bato Čengić | cinematography = Božidar Nikolić Tomislav Pinter | editing = Andrija Zafranović | distributor = | released = {{film date|1990|3|15|df=yes}} | runtime = 116 minutes | country = Yugoslavia | language = Serbo-Croatian | budget = | music = Goran Bregović }} '''''Silent Gunpowder''''' ({{lang-sh-Latn-Cyrl|Gluvi barut|separator=" / "|Глуви барут}}) is a 1990 Yugoslav war film directed by Bato Čengić, starring Mustafa Nadarević, Branislav Lečić, Fabijan Šovagović, Mira Furlan, Boro Stjepanović and Josip Pejaković.

== Plot == Based on a novel by Branko Ćopić and set during World War II, the film tells the story of a Bosnian Serb village in the mountains of Bosnia and its villagers who found themselves divided along two opposing ideological lines in the face of the Axis invasion and subsequent occupation of the country, represented by the royalist Chetniks and the communist Partisans. These two opposing sides are personified in the Partisan commander nicknamed Španac (lit. "Spaniard", played by Mustafa Nadarević) and a former Royal Army officer Miloš Radekić (played by Branislav Lečić). Španac sees Radekić as the cause of villagers' resistance to the new communist ideology, and so the main plot revolves around the conflict between them.

==Cast== {{Cast listing| *Mustafa Nadarević as Španac *Branislav Lečić as Miloš Radekić *Fabijan Šovagović as Novak the Priest *Mira Furlan as Janja *Boro Stjepanović as Luka Kaljak *Josip Pejaković as Trivun Drakulić the Duke *Zaim Muzaferija as Stojan Kekić the Teacher *Svetozar Cvetković as Zunzara *Enver Petrovci as Uroš *Radko Polič as Vlado the Commissioner *Marko Nikolić as Mrki *Milan Erak as Mlađen *Milan Štrljić as Captain Rajić *Zvonko Lepetić as Lazar *Zijah Sokolović as Gojko the Miller }}

== Awards == *At the 1990 Pula Film Festival (the Yugoslavian version of the Academy Awards), 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), and ''Best Makeup'' (Snježana Tomljenović). *The film was also shown at the 17th Moscow International Film Festival, where both Branislav Lečić and Mustafa Nadarević won the Silver St. George Award for their performances.<ref name="Moscow1991">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1991 |title=17th Moscow International Film Festival (1991) |accessdate=2013-03-03 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403102003/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1991 |archivedate=2014-04-03 }}</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0099670|Gluvi barut}}

Category:1990 films Category:Films scored by Goran Bregović Category:Films set in Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Films set in Yugoslavia Category:Films in Serbo-Croatian Category:Yugoslav war drama films Category:Jadran Film films Category:1990s war drama films Category:1990 drama films Category:Films directed by Bato Čengić Category:Films set in Yugoslavia during World War II Category:Yugoslav World War II films Category:Films based on Serbian novels