Pretty Village, Pretty Flame

Pretty Village, Pretty Flame DVD cover. (Yugoslavia) (1996)

Pretty Village Pretty Flame (Lepa Sela, Lepo Gore) (1996) is a 1996 Yugoslavian, Serbo-Croatian language war film about several Bosnian Serb soldiers who are trapped in a tunnel together in Bosnia during the 1992-1995 Bosnian Civil War, while they recount their past lives in Yugoslavia. The movie details the experiences of several Serbian soldiers and American CBC war correspondent 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 from their wounds in a Belgrade military hospital. The main characters are Fork, (Viljuška), Gvozden, Halil, and Milan, and Velja. They reflect on their past lives as they are sheltered in a tunnel, while being harassed and attacked by Bosnian Muslim forces. Gvozden, their commanding officer,(who is ex Yugoslav People's Army officer),eventually escapes out of the tunnel in a dramatic exit that eventually costs him his life as he makes his grand exit out of the tunnel, which causes the squad to escape their entrapment in the tunnel.

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

Viljuska (Fork) shoots at the alleged female suicide bomber to make sure she won't kill them.

The Professor shoots at enemy soldiers entering the tunnel as Gvodzen is about to make his grand exit out of the tunnel.

Enemy soldiers falling as the Professor and the squad gun them down as they are advancing toward their position.

M70AB2

The weapon is used as the primary weapon of Milan, Gvozden, Velja, and Laza throughout the entire film, as they are a detachment of Chetniks during the Bosnian War of 1992-1995 of the army of Republika Srpska, they would carry a weapon with a paratrooper stock.

Zastava M70AB2 folding stock rifle - 7.62x39mm

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

Milan firing at enemy soldiers from behind cover in the tunnel with an M70AB2 variant.

Milan telling his father to go away while he is upset that the auto garage that he and Halil owned before the war is burned down by Bosnian Serb soldiers.

Nurse playing around with the assault rifle belonging to the guard on duty at the military hospital in Belgrade.

Serbian soldiers bringing a wounded Bosnian Muslim soldier for treatment of his wounds suffered in battle at the military hospital in Belgrade.

AK-47

Mascot, one of the soldiers of Gvozden's squad is armed with an AK-47 as he enters the room to perform close quarters room-to-room clearing.

Mascot with an AK-47 performing a room-to-room sweep.

The AK model depicted here is a regular wooden, non-folding regular butt stock.

RPG-7

As the Bosnian Muslim soldiers outside the tunnel torment and harass the Bosnian Serb squad in 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 or the M53 Yugoslavian variant, 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.

Viljuska with an MG-42 as he responds to Mascot's cries for help.

Colt Single Action Army Revolver

Brzi's friend harmlessly shoots at him while playing a shoot 'em up cowboy with a toy replica of this weapon.

2 toy Colt Peacemaker revolvers can be seen while Brzi's friend plays a shoot 'em up cowboy at an amusement park in Yugoslavia.

Playing Cowboy at a Yugoslavian amusement park.

Brzi's friend harmlessly shoots at him while playing a shoot 'em up cowboy at the amusement park.

Tokarev TT-33

Velja (Nikola Kojo) is armed with a TT-33 that he carries as his personal sidearm.

Velja (Nikola Kojo) points a gun at his to make fun of Vijuska as he exits out of the tunnel to die, where Viljuska is eventually killed by Bosnian Muslim soldiers.

Velja (Nikola Kojo) commits suicide in the tunnel.