Battle of Kosovo (film)

Бој на Косову Boj na Kosovu Battle of Kosovo
Directed by	Zdravko Šotra
Starring	Miloš Žutić, Gorica Popović, Vojislav Brajović, Žarko Laušević, Ljuba Tadić
Distributed by	Centar film
Release dates	1989
Running time	117 miutes
Country	SFR 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. 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.

Serbian Duke Lazar in 1389 refuses to obey the Turk Sultan Murat who intends on invading Serbia with an army in order to conquer Europe. Although aware that he is weaker, without enough men, Duke Lazar decides to fight him anyway. The Serbian Lords are not united. Most of them want to fight, even at the cost of defeat, but some of them do not. Everyone fit for battle is sent to Kosovo. The battle of Kosovo in 1389 ended with no winners - with both armies defeated and both Lazar and Murat dead. The Turks would proceed to invade Serbia but were hindered from taking over the rest of Europe.

The film was released in 1989, which marked the 600th anniversary of the Battle.

Cast

• Miloš Žutić as Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović
• Gorica Popović as Princess Milica
• Vojislav Brajović as Vuk Branković
• Žarko Laušević as Miloš Obilić
• Ljuba Tadić as Sultan Murad
• Branislav Lečić as Bayezid
• Katarina Gojković as the Kosovo Maiden
• Neda Arnerić as the Fishwife
• Tihomir Lazić as Lazar Musić
• Marko Baćović as Yakub Bey
• Ivan Bekjarev as Paramunian
• Branko Cvejić as Levčanian
• Svetozar Cvetković as Milan Toplica
• Milena Dravić as Velisava
• Milan Gutović as Ivan Kosančić
• Dušan Janjićijević as Miralem
• Rastislav Jović as Milutin the Servant
• Milutin Karadžić as The guard
• Petar Kralj as Vojiša
• Predrag Laković as Teofan
• Toni Laurenčić as Stefan Musić
• Irfan Mensur as Makarije
• Radoslav Milenković as Bogoje
• Predrag Milinković as The salooner
• Miodrag Radovanović as Spiridon
• Nemanja Stanišić as Stefan Lazarević
• Tanasije Uzunović as Gerasim
• Bata Živojinović as Hamza the Serb
• Suzana Petričević as Andja
• Dragomir Čumić
• Josif Tatić

See also

• Cinema of Yugoslavia
• Cinema of Serbia

External links

• Boj na Kosovu at IMDb