The Dagger (1999 film)

The Dagger (Serbian: Нож / Nož, "Knife") is a 1999 Yugoslav war film directed by Miroslav Lekić. The film was written by Miroslav Lekić, Slobodan Stanojević and Igor Bojović. The plot is based on Vuk Drašković's novel of the same name.

The Dagger

Нож
Nož
Directed byMiroslav Lekić
Produced byBojan Maljević
Bojana Maljević
Written byMiroslav Lekić
Slobodan Stojanović
Based onNož, a novel
by Vuk Drašković
StarringŽarko Laušević
Bojana Maljević
Music byToma Babović
Aleksandar Milić
CinematographyVeljko Despotović
Edited byBranislav Milošević
Distributed byMonte Royal Pictures
Running time
135 min.
CountryYugoslavia
LanguageSerbian

The main motive of the film is the eventually disclosed nonsense of ethnic division in Bosnia, pointing out to the same historical origin of both opposed ethnic groups, Bosnian Serbs and Bosnian Muslims - Orthodox Christians and Sunni Muslims, respectively. Set in the 1960s and observed from the point of view of Alija Osmanović, a young Muslim medical student raised by a single mother, his entire family slaughtered and his baby brother kidnaped by Serbs in Second World War, as the aftermath of Jugovići (Christian) and Osmanovići (Muslim) violent family feud, he learns not only that Osmanovići were once but a branch of Jugovići family who converted to Islam during the Turkish rule, but that, unbeknownst to his mother, he himself was a baby taken from Jugovići, after the massacre of Jugovići on Christmas Eve in 1942. Both families now extinct, and Alia as the descendant of both, torn between two cultures and two identities, he struggles to maintain his inner peace, desperately searching for his long lost step-brother and fighting the prejudices against the love relationship he has with a Serbian colleague student.

Based on true events of World War II and being centered on the atrocious crimes committed to Serbs during World War II, and the particular families of Jugovići and Osmanovići.

In 1999, the film was screened at the 13th Montenegro Film Festival, and gained five featured awards.[1][2] The film also earned the “Fipresci Award” for Directing, five acting awards in the Niš Film Festival and the “Crystal Star” at the Brussels Film Festival.[2]

Cast

References
  1. "13. filmski festival". Montenegro Film Festival. Freshidea. 1999. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
  2. "The Dagger". Monte Royal. © Monte Royal Pictures International. 2011. Retrieved 1 December 2011.


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