Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Lepa Sela, Lepo Gore DVD cover. (1996)

Pretty Village Pretty Flame (Lepa Sela, Lepo Gore) (1996) is a war film about several Bosnian Serb soldiers who are trapped in a tunnel together in Bosnia during the 1992-1995 civil war, while they recount their past experiences. The movie details the experiences of several Serbian soldiers and war journalist Lisa Lunell as they are seeking refuge in a tunnel to avoid being killed by Bosnian Muslim forces. Milan and his war buddy, (the Professor as he is known in the movie.) recall ther war experiences as they recover in a Belgrade military hospital. The main characters are Fork, (Viljuška), Gvozden, Halil, and Milan, and Velja. All three recounts their past lives as they are sheltered in a tunnel, while being harassed by Bosnian Muslim forces. Gvozden (Bata Živojinovic) eventually escapes out of the tunnel in a dramatic exit that eventually costs him his life.

The following weapons were used in the 1996 movie Pretty Village, Pretty Flame:

M-70

Some of the soldiers in the movie can be seen carrying the M-70 Yugoslavian AK variant.

Gvozden is armed with an M-70

M70AB2

In one scene, Milan is carrying a folding-stock variant of the M70 assault rifle

Velja dancing to Igra Rock n Roll Cijela Jugoslavija while a car is burning behind him

RPG-7

As the Bosnian Muslim soldiers outside the tunnel with insults, an enemy soldier fires at Velja with an RPG-7 anti-tank rocket.

Bosnian Muslim soldier firing at Velja with an RPG-7.

The breach of the RPG-7 can be clearly seen as Velja kills the enemy soldier armed with the RPG.

MG-42

Fork (Viljuska) is armed with a World War II MG-42 machine gun as his primary weapon throughout the film.

MG42 Machine Gun - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Viljuska firing back at enemy soldiers as Bosnian Muslim mortar fire falls down around him.