Cast
- Miki Manojlović as Marko Dren, Communist Party official climbing up the party ladder who becomes an arms dealer
- Lazar Ristovski as Petar "Blacky" Popara, an electrician who enrolls in the Communist Party before World War II and ends up a Serbian patriot during the Yugoslav Wars
- Mirjana Joković as Natalija Zovkov, an opportunistic theater actress constantly switching loyalties
- Slavko Štimac as Ivan Dren, Marko's stutterer brother who cares for zoo animals
- Ernst Stötzner as Franz, a Wehrmacht officer in charge of Belgrade. Stötzner also portrays an actor playing Franz.
- Srđan Todorović as Jovan Popara, Blacky's son, who lives almost his entire life underground
- Mirjana Karanović as Vera, Blacky's wife
- Danilo Bata Stojković as Grandfather, Marko's grandfather who owns the cellar and helps perpetuate his ruse
- Bora Todorović as Golub, the leader of the brass orchestra that frequently accompanies Blacky and Marko
- Davor Dujmović as Bata, Natalija's crippled brother
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