The director's cut ran for over 320 minutes.
Emir Kusturica threatened to quit film-making when Serbian critics denounced his epic work as propaganda promoting a united Yugoslavia.
The film was selected as the Serbian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 68th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
In 1996, members of the Yugoslavian Board of the Academy of Film Art and Science (AFUN) voted this film the third best Serbian movie made in 1947-1995 period.
The shooting of the film began in fall 1993 and lasted off-and-on until early spring 1995.
Emir Kusturica: as an arms dealer negotiating to acquire weapons from Marko ( Predrag 'Miki' Manojlovic )
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