St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009)

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(1876)

Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Serbia
Genres: Drama, History, Romance
Release: 2009-03-11
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic
Writers: Dusan Kovacevic
Language: Serbian
Stars: Lazar Ristovski , Natasa Janjic , Bora Todorovic , Predrag Vasic , Zoran Cvijanovic , Boris Milivojevic , Milena Dravic , Branislav Lecic , Srdjan Miletic , Milutin Milosevic
Runtime: 120 min
Awards: 4 wins & 1 nomination
AKA: St. George Shoots the Dragon (United Kingdom) , St. Georges tire sur le dragon (Canada) , St. George Shoots the Dragon (United States of America) , St. George Slays the Dragon , Святой Георгий убивает дракона (Russian Federation) , Sveti Georgije ubiva azdahu (Serbia) , Свети Георги убива змея (Bulgaria) , Ο Άγιος Γεώργιος πυροβολεί το δράκο (Greece) , Szent György lelövi a sárkányt (Hungary) , Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu (Serbia) , St. George Shoots the Dragon , Sveti Georgije ubiva azdahu , Sveti Juraj ubija zmaja (Croatia) , Święty Jerzy zabija smoka (Poland)
Plot: This gritty, complex period piece unfurls circa 1914, against the explosive backdrop of the early-World War I Balkans. In a Serbian village on the banks of the Sava River (which constitutes the border of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), the local population falls into two factions with radically different ideologies: the veterans from prior Balkan conflicts, many of whom are invalids given their war casualties, and the new military recruits - young, strapping and full of vigor. When the Great War formally erupts following the Archduke's assassination, the new recruits of the village march off to the front lines, leaving the invalids behind; many of those who remain willfully and irresponsibly take sexual advantage of the soldiers' wives and sisters. News of this reaches the Serbian High Command shortly before the battles commence; in response, he summons the invalids and places them at the front lines, in an attempt to effectively deal with the guilty parties. Meanwhile, an unexpected romance blossoms between an area policeman, his wife, and a Balkan war invalid.
IMDB:tt0906083