Bloody Tale (Krvava bajka)
German title: Serbische Schuhputzerballade
Spain title: Historia sangrienta
Greek title: Σπάστε τα συρματοπλέγματα – Μια ιστορία αίματος
Russian title: Кровавая сказка
Original title: Krvava bajka
Alternative titles:
Blutiges Märchen / Крвава бајка / Krvava pravljica / Bloody Fable / Bloody Fairy Tale / Spaste ta syrmatoplegmata – Mia istoria aimatos / Krwawa bajka
War drama – Yugoslavia
Production year: 1969
Movie length: 88 minutes
Director: Branimir Tori Janković
Writer: Branimir Tori Janković
Cinematograph: Jerzy Wójcik
Music: Vojislav Kostić
Movie description:
Memory of the victims of the Kragujevac massacre is described through the events that are related to a group of boys, shoe shiners. At that time, thousands of workers refused to work for the invaders, and the whole city was exposed to harsh repression and persecution of innocent citi-zens and the abolition of the regular rations of food.
First days of the occupation in Kragujevac; First victims: There is a Partisan unit near the town that killed a few dozen enemy soldiers. An order is given: to kill 100 citizens for one dead German soldier. And on that day some shoe shine boys refused to clean German boots. They take them to the shooting place and kill them. Black flags were hanged on that day and the sound of funeral bells and prayers for the 7.000 people killed were heard all around Kragujevac.
Kragujevac. The first day of occupation: the first innocent victims. Thousands of workers refuse to work for the enemy. Punishment is cruel, forced labour, stopped food rations, raids.
Children become the food providers for their families. Little Piljak, a leader of group of boys gets a wonderful idea: he knows that the boots of the enemy soldiers must always be spotless, so on all the busy corners of the town, and chiefly near barracks, young shoe-shine boys turn up.
Numerous boots appear on the improvised shoe-shine boxes. In one of the battles with parti-sans, scores of enemy soldiers die. The order is curt: for every dead soldier, shoot 100 citizens.
The boots of the enemy officers and soldiers were never as dirty as on that day. Piljak’s shoe-shine boys refuse to clean the boots. They take them away too.
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