St. George Shoots the Dragon (2009) - full transcript

Inspired by true events

They say Paris at night
is so bright...

the people don't know
if it's midday or midnight.

- Look how dark it is here.
- It has its advantages.

When you live in the dark,
it's much easier to die.

You barely lose anything.
Darkness replaces darkness.

And we deserve to live in the dark.

- Why, Grandpa?
- Because.

What other nation
curses the sun like we do?

We curse the bright sun,
the bloody sun...

It's a miracle
it shines on us at all.



Besides the sun,
we curse God, bread, mother...

What can a nation that curses
sun, God, bread and mother hope for?

Bloody sun!

I taught you to read and write,
and to count pigs.

But it's all useless
in this country.

I'll teach you something
that will be of some real use.

Get away from me, jinx!

Fucking raven! Bad luck.

Can't you play something cheerful?

Yes sir, Sergeant sir.

Fucking funeral music.

Stop playing and I'll let you
sniff my girlfriend's letter.

1912 - Serbo-Turkish War
Serbian Army - Scout Unit

The Turks are moving
their artillery.



- Second Lieutenant, sir!
- I could hardly find you, scouts!

Now we get all the food
for the past week!

- We must inform HQ.
- After breakfast, neighbour.

It's a direct order, Sergeant.

Understand, neighbour.

- I forgot what a pig looks like.
- A pig?

A pig looks like a goose,
only without feathers.

People, who took the other leg?
I want it back.

I'm asking you nicely.
Before you call Turks for help.

Come on, let's have it.

- Gentlemen...
- He looks like a spy to me.

- My name is Leonardo Spasic...
- Shut up!

He's got some kind of machine gun!
Let me waste him!

You can commit
cold-blooded murder, gentlemen.

But then you won't appear on
the front page of the Serbian News

as the brave liberators
of Old Serbia!

Gentlemen. Smile please.

ST GEORGE KILLS THE DRAGON

Gavrilo!

Look!

Who'd think a city girl
could make this on her own?

- What's wrong?
- Save it for my grave.

I don't need it now.

- We'll manage...
- Let go!

- You will manage.
- Gavrilo!

Give it to George!

He came back in one piece.

It'll look better on him.

Don't worry, madame, he'll be back.
He loves you.

I'm sorry. I thought...

You're an expert on love?

No one came for you?

Welcome home.

Two years later

Quiet down!

Zoja-man, angry!
Zoja-dog, mean!

21, 22... All here!

Watch your dog, Vane!
Bite merchandise!

Gavrilo,
take me with you, please.

Grandpa told me
reading and writing is useless.

Take me with you,
just this once.

Why not, Gavrilo?

It's an honest living.
What's the problem?

Honest...

Yes, it is.

You... Run off home.

They just can't get enough.
Bloody Vukovic brothers.

Almost every night.

Sergeant! We can get them
on their way back!

Let them go this time.
The cattle will die without salt.

Besides, what would you do
for tobacco?

- Am I getting grey?
- Not at all, Sergeant.

Don't lie to me.

I still can't say nothing to you.

And I'd thought it all through.

Stupid woman!

I can't...
I'm not a city girl.

Mile will take me home.

- What home?
- My home.

To my family.

Oh my God!
I'm so ashamed!

Kid, how come
you missed some of us?

If we're not equal here,
I'm changing establishments.

Damn right!

We natural unnaturals were the
best customers before the wars!

And then we unnaturals with medals
took over.

Him first...

Serious wounds have priority.

Since when does that apply here?

Don't bother serving me,
I'm sick of this.

Call me when you've decided!
Until then, no drinks!

That's my teaching!
Right in the face, every time.

- Just like Marx said.
- Fuck Marx and fuck you!

Poisoning the kid's mind
with that foreign bullshit!

What's the use of school? All he
needs to know is to count pigs.

He'll make a decent living
from smuggling.

- Profiteers!
- People, drop the politics!

Look at him.

What are you doing, Zoja?

When will you get rid of
that whorehouse monstrosity?

Spasic's wife ordered it,
but he won't have it in the house.

The mars right.

Move it!

Like we're for the mirror.

Better not look at it at all.

Gendarmes. Three of them.

I finished it yesterday.

Who is it?

Me, George. That's me.

You wouldn't know, of course.
You prefer me in the dark.

Cover yourself.
People will talk.

Do I look better in the painting
or like this?

I have to go.

Sergeant, sir!

We have to hurry, sir.

- Trouble at the Normal Tavern!
- Baco's beating his wife to death!

Gendarmes don't deal with
domestic matters.

Deal with this one!
They treat women like cattle!

Right?

Don't let a decent man get drunk?

- Hit me, I don't know a better life!
- You don't, and you won't!

Don't you move!

Can you at least let us
finish this in peace?

You're not gonna fuck with me!

- You're not a fucking gendarme, cow!
- I am, and I can jail your ass!

I'd rather rot than let her
humiliate me, like some women...

He's just drunken fool, George.
Sit down, have a drink.

Go home, you'll get over it.

Get away!
These beasts need a strong hand!

Madame Katarina,
can you eat these?

No. But they're beautiful.

And they smell nice.
Would you like to smell?

Come.

Does this mean
we shoot at our neighbours?

You heard the major.
Shoot on sight.

- Understand, sir!
- Wait.

Tell the smugglers
to stop crossing.

Good evening.

I'm not armed.

Sir... Can I go with you?

Ask my brother.
He's selling tickets.

Get in!

Don't be afraid, scholar!

Give me a hand
with the other passengers!

Or, if you've got half a dinar...

- I have!
- Pay on the other side.

You scholars are a law-abiding lot.
Hop in!

- What's up, Zoja?
- He's a jinx!

Just when everything's
going so great, too!

Isn't it so, bro?

Jinx!

Tomorrow, to school!

Go ahead, feed them!

Sava River - Border between
Serbia and Austria-Hungary

I pray to you, St George,
to shoot the German ship.

Zoja, it's okay.

Keep Gavrilo safe, and our boat,
my buddies the pigs... the jinx too!

They've gone.

What's wrong, scholar?
Shit your pants?

Pigs are the only beasts
who don't know the stars exist.

It's their necks...
they can't look up to the sky.

They can only look down, at the mud.

Pigs still happy.

Mud's all they see,
their whole lives.

- They must miss the stars.
- Stars!

Any pictures in that book, jinx?

They're late.
This doesn't smell good.

- Well, I'm off.
- Quiet! You'll go when I tell you.

Zoja, sing.

Let's go.

Wait.
Gavrilo, this time, no credit.

You're always first here.

- Like you're Austrian, not us.
- Did you bring everything?

Everything. Direct from Vienna.

Quick! Unload!

Wait a minute!

- You cut it, right?
- No way! Cross my heart!

Best salt in the Empire!

- Certified. No double-cross.
- Check it out.

Not bad.

- How could it be bad?
- We'll take it.

Look at the mirror.

Fit for an emperor!

Careful! Break it...

and you die!

For you.

What's with this art stuff,
Gavrilo?

- Hope it's not yours.
- Cut the crap.

Gavrilo, hurry up.
This is no fucking trade!

Venerable Serbs and Gypsies...

I'm delighted to see

the cooperation
between our two countries

is going smoothly...

despite the overwhelming
cultural differences.

- Pay your countryman.
- Afraid it's your turn.

We're at loss, again.

You Serbs are getting flash...

Almost like Gypsies!

Welcome to our country.
We wish you a pleasant stay.

St George, shoot them, too.

See you around, Gavrilo.

- Take it!
- If I may, now...

Go!
Come back when you graduate.

- Serbia needs scholars.
- And books with pictures!

Jinx!
What's your name?

Princip. Gavrilo Princip.

Take care, namesake.

There goes your namesake,
without paying!

I'll take care of that.

Don't!
Zoja-man pay for him.

My treat.

Good luck, jinx.

Gavrilo, what's that?
Who ordered this?

- Zoja, what's in the box?
- Not for Zoja-man.

Dead.

I knew it. Jinx!

Frogs. Silent.

Gavrilo...

Is this that cinema
you were talking about?

Doesn't look good.

Small mirror... small jinx.

Big mirror...

28 June, 1914
Archduke Franz Ferdinand visits Sarajevo

I'm sorry... Excuse me...

Sorry, could you please...

Daddy, look!

Why don't you use a rod,
like a normal person?

This is modern fishing...
American-style!

Vane!

Orphan!

Don't let our lunch get away!

Look at that ungrateful little prick!

If you don't like this work, we can
send you back where we found you!

Begging in the street!

What's wrong with you?

Doesn't warm your heart
to see the boy play?

No.

- Another trairs overturned.
- It's upside down, drunkard!

Pass it over. Zoja!

If you grow into a dragon,
I'll have to kill you.

But if you stay a frog,
we'll be friends.

Orphan! Vane!

The whole village is weeping

Only my Smilja's sleeping

Let her sleep
Let her sleep

I'll show you,
you crippled fucker!

Of all the houses, you want to fiddle
in front of mine?

Let the cripple sing
if he can't play.

- Come to the Normal Tavern.
- Thanks, I'm in a hurry...

- Got some business.
- I won't beat you, like the others.

I'll scorch you like a pig!
Crippled punk!

Come in here,
to the Normal Tavern!

You sang in front of his house.

No! Maybe I was humming...
to myself.

- I sing all day long...
- Don't you sober me up!

I can walk by any house,
singing, humming...

If I ever catch you singing
around my house...

the next song will be
at your funeral, you reject fuck!

Good morning, madam.

Two of you
against a man on crutches?

- Are you all right?
- Madam...

I saw you, and it was like
an angel looked at me.

He was... singing
outside my house, to my wife.

Such faith in the power of music.
How lovely!

If a cow dies, they say I stole it
and put it in a painting.

They think I've cursed the village.

Do you think so too?

Before I met you...

I had both arms.

A boy who didn't know what to do
with them in my company...

If there was a medal for smuggling,

each of your peasants
would've got one!

Invalids, sir. Some have medals
from the war. Real ones.

Nice for people
who like to parade their ornaments.

This time we'll melt everything
into bombshells.

There'll be no iron left
for such trifles.

Glory awaits us, Sergeant.

Understand.

That fine lady will be the death of him.

Mark my words.

Spit in my mouth
when you're the sickest.

Gavrilo... happy!

- Zoja-man happy too.
- Get out of here!

I can't work with this shit.

So?

When is your wife's baby due?

In a month, God willing.

Nice.

So you'll have two babies this year.

Let's drink to that.

You're too late, gendarme!

Now what?

Nothing.

We've done all we can.

- Does the gendarme know?
- My husband's my business.

Leave my business to me,
like you always did.

I'm going back to Belgrade next week.
To my family.

You'd leave your husband and home?

What husband? What home?

Why do you think I came
to this pit of misery?

- Wait a minute.
- I'm waiting. Now what?

Will you tell your wife?

No. You won't.

Now hear me out.

When you were a cadet in Belgrade,
you were in my house every day.

You asked me not to go
and study art in Paris!

I drove you almost to the front line
in my father's car!

- You begged me to wait for you!
- And?

And what came back? What?

What came back? Answer me!

Is this the Gavrilo
you waited for?

Who can I take care of like this?

Your wife.

She's not like you.

She does everything, like a man.

She lost her husband there.

Where I lost my arm.

I'm going.

What will you do now?

The Gavrilo I waited for
would ask what will we do.

Katarina!

Looks like someone beat him to it
and got his missus to safety.

- Your orders, sir?
- You're dismissed.

Don't you ask me where I've been?

No, just whether you know
where you are now.

In my wife's room.

You forgot to whip me,
mister Gendarme.

I...

I never loved you.

And I could never love you.

- I am...
- I know.

I know everything.

We won't make it before dawn.

- My brother is crazy.
- Mile!

You know love...
Love is nice, I saw it!

If you weren't my brother,
I'd smack you with the oar!

Hit Zoja-man.
Then you feel better!

I didn't do it, I swear!

Where's your grandson, old man?

I don't know.

And if I did, you know
I wouldn't tell you.

- So it's all the same to you.
- Tell him I'm looking for him.

With a gun?

Who went across?

The regular crew.

Katarina?

What would she be doing with them?

People, don't play!

We shoot at anybody on the river,
so do they!

I understand why you shoot,
but why them?

You haven't heard?
A student assassinated Ferdinand.

Fucking Krauts!
They'll slaughter my children!

Gavro!

Let's drink
to the end of an empire!

Mile!

Gavrilo!

St George, please protect my children.

It's tragic when a grown man
loses his mind.

- At least when I screwed around...
- We know!

Love is nice, Mile...

- What happened, man?
- Gendarme... not happy.

He think she ran away with Gavrilo!

- Gavrilo happy! Zoja-man happy.
- Yeah, we're all fucking happy.

What on earth have you done?

Come on.

They killed all...
People... horses...

The music... all...

- St George...
- Did we pay in advance?

Shoot, St George!

They killed them all!

I knew it!

I knew I'd be fucked
because of Serbs.

- Fuck, I paid in advance!
- Hush, pigs.

There! Don't waste your bullets
feeling sorry for them!

Don't shoot.

I want them alive.

Zoja-man dead!

- Hold on.
- Zoja-man dead!

Genuine gendarme bullet.

Let me play for you, Zoja.
You'll feel better.

I won't!

Gavrilo!

Where's my wife?

Why ask me about your wife?

- You know where I was tonight.
- I do.

That's why I'm asking.

Then you've nothing to ask.

You can simply arrest me
for crossing the border.

I want yo...

to ask you...

something no-one in our village
has ever asked.

Stay away from my wife.

Please.

I won't ask again,
I'll just kill you.

I swear to St George.

We Vukovics have pillaged armies,
cities, empires!

But other mers wives? Never!

Let him kill you.
He'll be doing all of us a favour.

You, me and that
poor wife of yours.

In normal countries, disabled veterans
are role models for the young.

But here,
they smuggle, beg, booze!

In normal countries these freaks
don't jump on women.

It's not their fault
they got crippled in two wars.

And what, it's my fault?

I went to war twice in two years, too.

I should suffer 'cos I didn't return
a horny cripple?

- Why so much, George?
- For the window.

Every single day
I think of your kindness.

And of the baby.

The war saved me
from going insane.

I prayed to St George
for death in battle... for rest.

Instead of death,
he sent me... her.

Instead of death...

Forgive me.

Had the Archduke survived, he would
have inerited the following titles:

Emperor of Austria!

King of Slovenia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina!

King of Rama, Cumania, Iliria...

24 July, 1914 Nearby Town of Sabac

Duke of Dubrovnik and Zadar!
Master of Kotor...

Hundreds and hundreds of titles
as ruler over enslaved nations!

What a tyrant he would have been,
had he lived!

Madam Slavka!

Nine long months without war.

The kids are itching for it.

Madam Slavka!

Go ahead, talk.

May I speak with my wife
in private?

In private?

Is this a police station where you can
interrogate people without witnesses?

It's okay, Auntie.

If your talk is unfit for my ears,
it's unfit for my house, too.

Is that clear?

If it is,
then go ahead, talk.

Never mind me.

Let's go home.

Please.

What for?

This morning I resigned.

I handed in my uniform.

I left you alone...

For days...

Life was better
when I lived as a carpenter.

I've been thinking...

We could sell up.

Move to the city.

Village life isn't for you.

Is the city for you?

Please, stop that.

It gets on my nerves.

You've read those novels.

I'm not saying...

It exists...
maybe with younger folks.

For a time.

Then it goes away.

What goes away?

Love?

And what's left,
when 'it' all passes?

Worries.

Nothing else? Just worries?

Nothing else.

Just worries.

And you call that life?

Madam Katarina, there's a boy here.
He says he knows you.

Katarina...

This one probably isn't
the type of man you deserve.

But he's certainly better
than the one you're crying over.

Auntie...

When did a woman ever
love a man for his virtues?

I haven't told you everything.

I'm pregnant.

I love you...

Auntie,
may I ask you to come with us?

For a couple of days.

I'll wait for you downstairs.

In Blumbach, in just one day,
Ferdinand shot 53 goats!

On his hunting trips,
he killed over 6,000 deer!

Even if he'd done nothing else,
he deserved to be killed!

My child,
my late husband was right.

One should only see peasants
at the market, as briefly as possible.

Spare a coin for a war hero!

You're a reactionary element!
There's no place for you here!

Dear Prime Minister Pasic...

This is a request
for urgent help for disabled veterans!

We wanted to appeal immediately
after the war against the Turks!

But the war against the Bulgarians
was approaching, therefore...

War. Zoja-

Shut up, Zoja, this is for grownups.

Now the war against
Austria-Hungary is here.

But, Mr. President Pasic,
I ask for your sympathy...

We have to catch our breath
between wars!

Micun, this letter is...
forgive me... pure cocksucking!

We meet in secret, like conspirators,
for what? For this?

A demand must begin with the words:
Shame on you!

When war breaks out,
Serbia wins, but the people lose!

The result of each war is less people,
but more government!

Shame on you!

That same government
won two wars in two years!

It expanded Serbian territory
by one quarter!

The government didn't, we did!
We won the wars!

Let the last man standing
write the demand.

Now we're rejects! Who was rejected
from the government?

No one! I don't give a fuck
for a quarter of Greater Serbia,

- I've lost a quarter of my body!
- Belotic, you traitor!

You blind bastard!

Serve the gendarme.

I've resigned. Feel free to speak
against the government.

I don't know, George. You'll forget
yourself and report us out of habit.

- Well said!
- I'm spying on you?

I'm the informer? Okay...

Your informant letters,
addressed to me personally.

We have a spy in this tavern.

There... read.

Something for everyone.

I won't do it.

Dear Mister George...

My conscience demands I inform you that
two nights ago,

I was sitting in the Invalid Tavern,

speaking such... fil...
filth...

that I should have...
I should be shot.

And I did all this
just to make them talk.

Because they were only talking
about other mers wives...

Who laid who, where, how,
when, and how many times.

Around midnight,
I got them to blab.

Then they blabbed until dawn.

Whoever wrote this,
I hope his hand shrivels up.

Particularly vocal against
the government...

was that ugly pig Vojo.

People, I can't write that well.
But I know someone who can.

Quiet! Let's hear the rest.

I'll rip someone's head off!

Gendarmes from other villages
envied me.

Their folk wouldn't talk
even after a beating.

I served the police for money.

You do it for the love of it.

Go ahead now,
speak about politics.

There is an "M"...

Like "Zoja... Man".

This guy obviously doesn't know
how ugly the priest's wife is.

Are there any pictures?

George!

From Grandpa Aleksa,
and all of us.

For your honest service
to our village.

- How's this bay of mine behaving?
- He's okay.

Aleksa told me
you made it for your son.

Sorry.

He'd be just like you.

This tall.

Thanks for the watch.

It's exactly two hours slow.
You get used to it.

It goes like this:

Let her sleep
Let her sleep

Ladies and gentlemen,
place your bets!

In the right corner, Djukic,
a true Serbian hero! In the left...

Katarina.

Place your bets, have some fun
and help the invalids!

Thank you.

George!

Let's go.
It's too hot.

The two of you go.
I've got something to do.

George! How's your watch?

Both fighters possess the courage
of our hero, Gavrilo Princip!

Your hand guided me
when I saved his life.

Help me now, to save it again.

Don't let me kill him.

Spare a coin for a war veteran,
good people!

St George really is your patron.

There! A man! Waving!

Hey, Kraut! Come have a beer!

Waving, my ass!
He's threatening us!

Man! Flying!
On a dragon!

I say... that's a threat.

No you don't!

He's really threatening us.
Bastard!

- I'll fuck him up!
- Threaten us...

Luka, are you celebrating
or shooting each other?

Teacher, this is military business.

Gavrilo!
Have a shot on me!

Get down!
Get down, you fucking Kraut!

Now we're fucked!
They're really gonna get mad!

People!
We killed the plane!

- You're alive!
- We're both alive.

By the decision of
the Serbian Supreme Command,

and signed by General
Radomir Putnik personally,

we hereby declare
a full-scale mobilization!

The third bells in three years.

I'm afraid there won't be anyone left
to hear the fourth one.

Let my great-grandson hear.
We don't have to.

Don't worry, Grandpa. Our mother was
in labour for two days with Gavrilo.

God forgive me, sometimes I wish
he'd never been born at all.

Come on, people, last orders.

The tavern will close during the war.
It wouldn't be right.

Does this mean I can't sing?

Once it starts,
it'll soon be over soon.

They called me again,
a half-blind man!

And again, they didn't call me.

- What happened?
- Jelena's okay. She'll be fine.

And the baby?
What about the baby?

After the war, your business will boom,
cripples, like never before!

I wanna make a reservation
In Invalid tavern right now!

The Kraut can run and hop
But at the Sava's banks he'll stop

MILAN VUKOVIC

Now you stink too.

Just like the rest of us.

Major, sir! Gavrilo Vukovic,
second lieutenant, cavalry.

One thing I hate more than Germans.
Doctors.

- Let's hear it.
- I'm reporting for duty.

I know the river, I've crossed it
a hundred times.

A smuggler?

Decorated.

Before taking up smuggling,
you were a soldier.

You know I don't make the rules.

If it was down to me, I'd take you.
We need even men like you.

I'm sorry.

Our brave student killed him
His name is Princip Gavrilo

You're going to die,
and you scream like hell!

Spare a coin for a war veteran,
good people!

Grandpa, don't do this.

You promised to take me
to Belgrade.

Everything will be all right,
Gavrilo can tell you.

Grandpa. I know you can hear me.
This is horrible.

- He lay down and decided to die.
- Please, just one smile, grandpa.

Dying isn't going so smoothly...

Mile, put me down,
I want to be closer to the ground.

Grandpa!

That's better.

Grandpa...

You lived your way,
and you died your way.

A successful man.

Gavrilo!

Slavka, if the war starts
to go badly for us...

Burn the house down,
I don't want Krauts in it.

Look out for yourself, George.
I'm an expert in war.

If I don't make it back,
everything I have is hers.

And the child she's expecting...

If it's a boy, let him stay here,
to keep the family name alive.

If it's a girl, get her out of this
misery, as far away as possible.

Since my husband died,
I've not met as good a man as you.

It's easy to be good
when you've got nothing else left.

Goodbye, Slavka.

There's something for you
in the shed.

- You told him whose child it is?
- He already knew.

May St George be with you!

Watch your head, gendarme!

- Thrash them just like I would.
- Stop it!

I'm tired, already.
Give me that.

What's the hurry, George?
The Krauts will wait for us!

St George...
Please love Aleksa.

Love Gavrilo... Mile...

Love them like Zoja-man does.

Here, two dinars.

The bill I never paid.

Mile...

Get some rest.
I'll take over.

Soldiers.

I'm afraid we'll envy Aleksa
soon enough.

We'll say: "Lucky you, Aleksa".

My grandpa used to say "I'd rather die
than that something happen to me!"

Shows their true colours,
beating a man who brings them

a soldier's letter!

Only the filthy Babic family
could do that.

No bird's flown over their house
for 200 years.

So you called in at Vojo's wife?

I took her a letter from Vojo!

- A letter from the frontline is sacred!
- Count yourself lucky.

You wouldn't have
got out of my yard...

Alive.

You're crippled, not deaf!
You heard me, frontline letters!

Fuck off!

Rajko, drop by my place sometime.

Bring a letter to my wife.

I already did.

A pregnant woman doesn't
go to a wake.

- Bad luck.
- Exactly. Let her in.

I don't want to find you here
when I come back.

Neither you nor her.

- Witch!
- Let's get out of here.

Will St George finally kill the dragon

and save us from evil?
St George, help us!

Witch!

Why did you come?

I'm leaving tomorrow.

We won't see each other again.

Zoja-man sad.

While Europe has danced,
sung and grown rich

we've spent centuries
in the trenches!

At their border posts,
like their guard dogs!

Where's that fucking Europe now?

Cer Mountain,
The first battle of the Great War

Serbia today has four million people.
Austria-Hungary has 55 million!

For years they've been threatening
and talking bullshit!

They say that Serbia should
'bathe in iror!

I've never heard a wickeder threat
than to bathe a nation in iron!

We'll stick their iron
up their asses!

They'll feel it for many years!

If they cross the border and head
for our villages, we fuck their what?

- We fuck their mothers!
- Exactly!

I have the honor to inform you that we
are at the focus of the enemy attack!

Once we repel the attack, we will
chase them all the way back to Vienna!

All the way to Vienna, we will...

Fly over, Sir!

The baby is mine, and only mine.
The decision is mine.

'Keep the family name going'!
That important name...

They go to war, sire children,
and die in that name!

We have to give birth and rejoice
if the child goes to war!

If it's a boy...

This child will not go to war.

Gavrilo! Gone mad!
Broke into army barracks!

Took dynamite...
to kill boat!

To kill Gavrilo-man.

Mad. Wanna all by him-self.

What?
You want to kill yourself?

I came to see what sort of man
you are, one last time.

Kill yourself?

What amazing knowledge, bravery
and wisdom that takes!

- What do you want from me?
- That you stay alive.

Katarina, it's wartime.

Is nothing holy to you men
apart from war.

Nothing? To be fathers, to love!
You forgot to learn that!

I spit on your holy things!
Do you hear me?!

Not easy without
a man in the house, right?

Need a hand with anything?

How can you help me?

Well, I can't chase chickens
around the yard. But...

I have my uses.

Really?

Tie up the dog, girl.

Men! Well done! Bravo!

We never got this far before!

Next time, we break their lines!
I promise you that!

Sergeant! Dismiss the men.

- Fall out.
- George.

Why haven't you told him
about the rejects?

When?

If some cripple had jumped
the Captain's wife

he'd have us all running there!
Look at this letter!

Running?
We'd be fucking flying!

They fuck women and steal chickens?

Did you hear me?

Men unfit for war
fuck women and steal chickens?

Sir, we have the same reports
from other units.

- I had to report this to you.
- And I must report it to the Major,

The Major to the Colonel,
the Colonel to the General,

The General reports this
to Supreme Command, so

They react instantly,

They throw away all the war plans
and order the men home, so

They dig in trenches outside their
houses, wait, and kill the studs!

Get away! Piss off!

Sergeant, are you married?

Yes I am, Captain.

Any children?

No... not any more.

God willing, I'll have them again.

Do you too suspect that someone's
invading your home and your wife?

No, not at all, sir.

While I'm away...

there's another man...

- Another man?
- He takes care of my wife and home.

If it wasn't for him, I'd be worried.

Get out.

What's this nonsense?

What bloody man?

- Her man.
- Your wife's man?

- Yes.
- She's your lawful wedded wife?

Yes, Captain Sir.

It's an ugly story,
this isn't the time. Excuse me.

Wait a minute!
Why isn't that scoundrel here?

He lost an arm in the last war.

We fought together.

We all fought together, Sergeant.

Do you care about your wife at all?

I came here to die... just like you.

I came here to win!

But the soldiers
try to stay alive.

I feel sorry for them.

For me, this is a relief.

From a greater evil,
I came into a lesser one.

What you looking at?
I'm sure you heard everything!

Fuck diplomacy.
Who's coming with me?

Wait, Baca.
We have a petition.

If they catch you,
you'll be court-martialled.

I'm going hunting
for a songbird.

Let's start signing.

I won't.

Yes, you will.

- I can't write!
- Just put a cross!

Not that big cross, moron!
Give it to me. Next!

Mikan, watch out for the gendarme.

Why hasn't the Captain taken this
to the Supreme Command?

The Supreme Command
has better things to do!

They don't deal with
rejects and lovers!

- This isn't about soldiers!
- Who is it about, if not us?

We get letters saying that rejects
are prowling around our houses!

- I didn't dare open the last letter!
- Enough! Enough talk!

I did what I could.

- Listen up!
- Maybe a package from my mother.

Letters for the 3rd Company!

Somebody's finally remembered you,
footsloggers!

Let's see what treats
we have here!

Vojo Milovanovic!

Vojo, stop fucking around!

- Milovanovic!
- I'm dead.

- Milovanovic!
- Dead!

Mikan Babic!

- Mikan Babic!
- May God rest his soul.

- Baca Dragojevic!
- They're all dead!

These men are replacements.

You're alive,
but you're no good to me.

- Baco.
- Baco!

- Did you at least kill them?
- Caught me before I got there.

Too bad.

Sergeant, assemble the squad.

Captain, is there any way
we can avoid this?

- People, don't...
- George...

You always respected the country,
but my house, never!

I believed you when you said
that the country exists!

That the country's won'th dying for!

All I knew of this country
was my family and my home!

- Fuck you and the country!
- Ready. Aim.

Soldier, I wish you lasting rest.

Fuck you and fuck the country!

Fire!

Brother!

My brother!

War... Boom, boom!

Mile, why don't you open the tavern?

Expect from us to drink river water
till the end of the war?

Look!

- I'm getting out of here!
- They know us...

We're a civilian building,
they won't shoot at us!

Our Russian brothers and Allies
will never abandon Serbia!

Please, don't.

We are invincible!

Kraut murderers!

I suggest we don't relax
until the Allies come.

- Pass it on.
- Aleksa. You died right on time.

Fucking cripple!

Over here!

- Mile, what's this?
- There you are!

- By the order of the Command...
- They granted our pensions?

- I don't think so, teacher.
- Now you're fucked!

If you're able enough
to fuck other mers wives,

you're able enough to fuck Krauts
at the front!

Zoja-man don't want to shoot.

So you can fuck now, in the name
of the king and the country!

- I'm for the military band!
- Is this the enemy or the allies?

- I am straight!
- I can see! On the road!

What's all this?
What on earth are you doing?

Where's your brother?
With that whore again?

- He seized the opportunity!
- Shut up!

- Let's go!
- Move!

I can go by myself!

Please, don't!
I've got a mill to run!

- Move it!
- Faster!

Come on, child.

Stop!

- Please...
- Where are you going, child?

Once this is over,
I'll come to Belgrade. I promise.

Over? You're waiting for the end
of something that has no end.

I'm not going to let some war
make my decisions for me.

Come on! Move it, you bastards!

- Zoja-man won't shoot.
- Yes you will! Move!

- Move, you old fart!
- Faster!

Faster, rejects!

Witch! Witch!

Move! Move!

The mobilization
doesn't apply to you.

You're a decorated war hero.

If it was up to me,
you'd be leading this pack of freaks!

As fucker-in-chief!

Move these beasts!

Let's go.

Gavrilo!

Where you go, I go too!

You're not going anywhere.
Do you hear?

I'm coming, Gavrilo! Please!

- You won't stop me!
- Go home! Go!

I'm coming, and that's it!

Go home!

I hope you drop dead, Gavrilo!
Drop dead!

Drop dead!
Do you hear me, Gavrilo?!

Drop dead!

When you're out of ammo,
and the enemy is still advancing...

Use the bayonet!

When the bayonet breaks,
use your hands!

When they break your hands,
use your teeth!

When they shoot you down,
fall right across their path!

Let them trip over you!
Fuck them even when you're dead!

Serve the Fatherland
even in death! Is that clear?

Can you hear me, sir?

Major, sir!

Requesting permission
for another charge!

Can you hear me?

Yes! Another charge!

We've got enough men!
We don't need reinforcements!

Please, Major, sir!
I'm begging you!

I'm down on my knees!

Understand, sir!

- Motherfucker!
- I wish I was dead.

We're out of luck!

The orders are to wait for the night
and reinforcements!

It's a real shame, sir.

However...

for the first time in my life...

I will have to disobey my superior.

He's a goner.

Thank you, St George.

What a hero,
what a madman he was!

I raise you ten.

I call...

When his sort are all dead,
we'll become the heroes

without noticing it! Show your cards.
May God rest his soul.

What do you think you're doing,
bastard?

No, you don't!

Let him take it. The hero
doesn't need it anymore.

Thank you, Major, sir.

- Reinforcments are on their way.
- We're saved.

Reinforcements will be here.
Fresh troops are coming.

Fresh troops!

Just one more battle, and God willing,
we'll all go home... alive!

- Vojo, fresh troops.
- Thank you, St George!

Heroes! It's almost free!
I can make you immortal!

- Come on, let's take a picture.
- For yor grand and grand grand children!

- Heroes, come on!
- Get out of here!

I will immortalize you!

Clear off, jinx!

- I want to take a picture.
- Me, too!

Make sure we look like heroes!

George, let's have one
souvenir photo.

Move closer. Closer...
All together.

I like it! Excellent...
Real conquerors.

Not one smile,
you'll spoil everything!

Look over here!

And... Watch the birdie!

What are you staring at?
Heroes!

Move it!

- Let's go! Faster!
- Move! Move!

Come on! Faster!

The petition. It worked!

Everybody signed it, George.

We didn't ask you because... Fuck.

Fall in!

What kind of people are you?

Sergeant, sir!

- You, stand at attention.
- How?

To avoid revolt, they have
been sent here as a punishment!

Punishment?! They told us that
being here was an honour.

Sign here.

What a fool! I came here
fucking singing!

- Dane, avenge your brother.
- We've been set up, brothers!

- Malicious, wagging tongues!
- Shoot.

Brothers! Those were all lies!

- Go ahead, shoot.
- We're brothers now?

Where are our wives
and sisters, brothers?

Enough!
I'm sick of your bullshit!

You deserve such replacements.

This was all your idea,
you sad excuse for a man.

You pushed the soldiers
to revolt.

You ordered the mobilization
of these poor creatures.

You lacked the guts to come
and kill me, like a man.

Gavrilo, shut your mouth.

Once again, gendarme,
you fucked up!

I wasn't mobilized,
I'm a war reject.

I came here of my own will.

Have you done this because of her?

Don't you mention her.

Don't move!

I told you. A witch!

We could've settled this
between the two of us.

Sergeant, sir,
the enemy is preparing to attack.

It seems we won't settle this
in this life.

Into position!

We don't need their commands.

Let's do the job
they brought us here for.

The replacements are here! Too bad
I won't be able to thank you personally!

- Sergeant, sir...
- Motherfucking sun...

Ninko...

Ninko! Bro!

Finally!

The ones that cursed us
didn't waste their time.

Let's go, brother.

Across the lands forever cursed

The Sava's mighty banks have burst

The whole village is weeping

Shit!
The last thing I'll hear...

Only my Smilja's sleeping

George. Forgive us.

We didn't want it
to turn out like this.

Gavro!

Prepare to attack.

Sergeant, sir!
We can't! The Major hasn't...

What are you doing here?

- George! Did you see that?
- What?

- Songbird! I'll kill you now!
- Quiet!

Don't come out till it's all over.
Understand?

Take this watch.

It's still slow.
Two hours exactly.

You'll get used to it
by the time you grow up.

Bye, Vane.

- Songbird!
- The krauts will hear us!

He shouts like crazy.
A man can't even die in peace.

Our time now... to die.

Why don't they shoot?

Our Czech brothers!
Our Croat brothers!

Don't shoot!

I pray to you, St George.

Zoja-man don't want to hurt!

Songbird!

I've been looking all over for you!

So you sing...

I sing all day long...

I can walk by any house...

That's okay.

Fucking... fucking...

Fucking petition!

Vojo.

I wrote those letters...
I was the informer.

But why?

Just out of spite.

Hold it, let me unscrew this...

Let's go, Luka.

What are you doing here?

Gavrilo... I saw him.

I saw him.

- Let me, Vane...
- Light our way, kid.

Grandpa taught me...
to walk in the dark.

And so it went on troughout
the 20th century