| Бој на Косову Boj na Kosovu Battle of Kosovo | |
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| Directed by | Zdravko Šotra |
| Starring | Miloš Žutić, Gorica Popović, Vojislav Brajović, Žarko Laušević, Ljuba Tadić |
| Distributed by | Centar film |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Yugoslavia |
| Language | Serbian |
Battle of Kosovo (Serbo-Croatian: Бој на Косову, Boj na Kosovu) is a 1989 Yugoslav historical drama/war film filmed in Serbia. The film was based on the drama written by poet Ljubomir Simović.[1] It depicts the historical Battle of Kosovo between Medieval Serbia and the Ottoman Empire which took place on 15 June 1389 (according to the Julian calendar, 28 June 1389 by the Gregorian calendar) in a field about 5 kilometers northwest of Pristina.
The film was released in 1989, which marked the 600th anniversary of the Battle. However, according to Serbian historian Olivera Milosavljevic, the film "said more about the political context of the 1980s than about...1389".[1] Other academics have backed this sentiment, criticizing the film's historical accuracy and pointing to the film's support of Serbian nationalism.[2]
- ^ a b Radovic, Milja (2014-06-13). Transnational Cinema and Ideology: Representing Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-01320-2.
- ^ Cornis-Pope, Marcel; Neubauer, John (2010-09-29). History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume IV: Types and stereotypes. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 465. ISBN 978-90-272-8786-1.