U ime naroda (1987)

Director:

Zivko Nikolic

Writers:

Dragan Nikolic (writer)
Zivko Nikolic (writer)

Release Date:

3 April 1987 (Yugoslavia)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

In a industrial town one business firm stands out with good management. Thanks to the agile director Todor...

Cast

Miodrag Krivokapic	...	Milutin
Petar Bozovic	...	Maksim
Savina Gersak	...	Marika
Vesna Pecanac	...	Mira
Bogdan Diklic	...	Todor
Bogdan Mihailovic	...	Predsjednik opstine
Boro Stjepanovic	...	Gavrilo
Gojko Kovacevic	...	Spasoje
Veljko Mandic	...	Milun
Dobrila Cirkovic	...	Todorova sekretarica
Boro Begovic	...	Djuro
Gordana Jesic	...	Krstinja
Drago Malovic	...	Pop
Branko Babovic	...	Konferansije
Vukasin Cetkovic
Olivera Visnjic
Marko Otasevic
Zef Dedivanovic
Budimir Sekulovic
Zlata Raicevic		(as Zlata Rajicevic)
Cedomir Dragovic		(as Cedo Dragovic)
Cedomir Vukasinovic
Dusanka Todic
Ivo Martinovic
Branka Milikic
Darko Djuretic
Ana Selski
Zeljko Radunovic
Dragan Racic
Stanislava Rodic
Branislava Vujanovic
Veljko Otasevic
Jelisaveta Pavicevic

Directed by
Zivko Nikolic

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dragan Nikolic		writer
Zivko Nikolic		writer

Produced by
Nikola Krapovic	....	producer
Ilija Milutinovic	....	producer
Milan Zmukic	....	producer

Original Music by
Vuk Kulenovic

Cinematography by
Savo Jovanovic

Film Editing by
Zoltan Wagner

Production Design by
Bosko Odalovic

Costume Design by
Nada Todorovic

Makeup Department
Marija Mitrovic	....	makeup artist (as Marija Kusec Mitrovic)

Production Management
Savo Radunovic	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Milan Bulatovic	....	first assistant director
Veljko Otasevic	....	assistant director
Slobodan Scepanovic	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Predrag Kalezic	....	boom operator
Svetislav Ristic	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Milos Vukovic	....	pyrotechnician

Stunts
Dragomir Stanojevic-Bata Kameni	....	stunts (as Dragomir Stanojevic)

Camera and Electrical Department
Dragan Stevanic	....	assistant camera
Dragoslav Vilotic	....	assistant camera

Editorial Department
Vera Jocic	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Radmila Jovancicevic	....	script supervisor
Stanislava Rodic	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Avala Film
• Zeta Film

Also Known As:

У име народа (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
In the Name of the People (International: English title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Avala Film

The best Montenegrin film ever made

Zivko Nikolic is easily the most important Montenegrin movie director of all times and this is his most audacious film. So many fine details that only a Montenegrin can pick up, the language, the mentality, directness of the way people interact. The good side of its mentality, depicted in Milutin, and the dark side - pretty much all the rest...

I can't witness if the actual story was in any sense realistic, it was long before my time, however, the people are spot on - bit exaggerated but true to the bone! It is perhaps not the easiest film to watch, however it is incredibly rewarding. The mistake you shouldn't make is to take it literally. It is a very subtle analysis of his beloved and at the same time cursed land.

I am still amazed at how he actually managed, and was allowed, to make such an uncompromising attack at the secret police and its legacy in Montenegro. Perhaps he caught a rare moment of about 4-5 years when its grip temporarily let off. After 1989, the guys in leather coats (these days driving Golfs, as another self chosen status symbol)are back in the earnest and this film is very relevant indeed even in todays Montenegrin society.