St. GEORGE SHOOTS THE DRAGON



Director: Srđan Dragojević

Screenwriter: Dušan Kovačević

Cinematografpher: Dušan Joksimović

Scenography: Miren Kreka Kljaković

Costume Designer: Marina Medenica

Music: Petar Marković

Sound Designer: Svetolik Mića Zajc

Editor: Petar Marković

Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Nataša Janjić, Milutin Milošević, Bora Todorović, Zoran Cvijanović, Milena Dravić, Dragan Nikolić, Branislav Lečić, Boris Milivojević, Mladen Andrejević, Srđan Timarov, Predrag Vasić, Bojan Zirović, Milena Predić, Slobodan Ninković

Producer: Dušan Kovačević, Lazar Ristovski, Srđan Dragojević, Milko Josifov, Biljana Prvanović

Production:

SVETI GEORGIJE UBIVA AŽDAHU, OSCAR FILM, CAMERA

Synopsis:

It is 1914 in a village in Serbia on the bank of the river Sava, the natural border with the mighty Austro-Hungarian Empire. The population of the village is divided into two radically opposed factions: the able-bodied potential army recruits and the invalid veterans from the two previous Balkan wars. There is bitter animosity between the two groups. Soon, at the start of the First World War, the healthy population is mobilized. The invalids left behind in the village try to take advantage of the soldiers' wives and sisters. News about this reaches the Serbian soldiers in the trenches a few days before the expected enemy attack. To prevent a mutiny, the Serbian High Command decides to take the invalids to the front line and thus deal with ‘the inconvenience’.These extraordinary events, based on a true story, are the backdrop for an ill-fated love triangle between a young war invalid, a local policeman and his wife, finally ending like an ancient Greek tragedy.