ON THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE (2008)

Original title: Na lepom plavom Dunavu

Produced by: Magic Line (Serbia), Intermedia Network (Serbia)
Director: Darko Bajić
Screenplay: Nebojša Romčević
Director of photography: Boris Gortinski
Production designer: Mile Jeremić
Costumes: Marina Medenica
Editor: Filip Dedić
Music: Bora Đorđević, Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga, Zoran Kiki Lesandrić, Rambo Amadeus, Vlada Divljan
Cast: Miki Manojlović, Tim Seyfi, Michael Piccirilli, Branislav Lečić, Dragan Nikolić, Ursula Gottwald, Ana Franić, Bojana Maljević, Sarah Lavinia Schmidbauer, Goran Jevtić, Ivan Bosiljčić. Ljuba Bandović, Cornelia De Pablos, Aleksandar Lazić, Jelena Gavrilović, Ana Maljević and others
Running time: 97mins
Format: 35mm / color
Sound: Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
Festival Release Date: February 2008
Release Date: March 2008
Genre: Drama, Musical

SYNOPSIS:

Luxurious Danube river cruiser “Kriemhild”, on a 2 day tour from Vienna to Belgrade. The ship “Kriemhild” is a floating sin city. Exhausted, unhappy, frustrated people from western Europe come here to “relax” and conduct business topped with alcohol, entertainment and sex. The crew of the “Kriemhild” are young people from eastern Europe who are trying to earn enough money to escape their small insignificant lives. That one night on this ship will shuffle the hands of fate of both the passengers and the crew of the ship. Prejudices, stereotypes and lack of communication between men and women, people of different religions, nationalities and social statutes will lead to absurd and, at times, dangerous situations, all colored with elements of dark humor. The night will unveil pain and tears, happiness and laughter. On this night, we will learn that a language barrier is not the main reason why people misunderstand each other.

The idea being that a great European project, commencing in the heart of Serbia, on the river Danube, would bring together a vast domestic and international film crew.