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{{Short description|1989 Yugoslav film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Бој на Косову<br />Boj na Kosovu<br />Battle of Kosovo
| image = Bojnakosovufilm.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Zdravko Šotra]]
| producer =
| writer =
| starring = [[Miloš Žutić]], [[Gorica Popović]], [[Vojislav Brajović]], [[Žarko Laušević]], [[Ljuba Tadić]]
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = [[Centar film]]
| released = {{Film date|1989}}
| runtime = 117 minutes
| country = [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| language = Serbian
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Battle of Kosovo''''' ({{lang-sh-Cyrl-Latn|Бој на Косову|Boj na Kosovu}}) is a 1989 [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] historical drama/war film filmed in [[Socialist Republic of Serbia|Serbia]]. The film was based on the [[drama]] written by [[poet]] [[Ljubomir Simović]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Radovic |first=Milja |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BJTOAwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Battle+of+Kosovo%22+film&pg=PT82 |title=Transnational Cinema and Ideology: Representing Religion, Identity and Cultural Myths |date=2014-06-13 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-01320-2 |language=en}}</ref> It depicts the historical [[Battle of Kosovo]] between [[Medieval Serbia]] and the [[Ottoman Empire]] which took place on 15 June 1389 (according to the [[Julian calendar]], 28 June 1389 by the [[Gregorian calendar]]) in a [[Gazimestan|field]] about 5 kilometers northwest of [[Pristina]].

The film was released in 1989, which marked the 600th anniversary of the Battle. However, according to Serbian historian Olivera Milosavljevic, the film "said more about the political context of the 1980s than about...1389".<ref name=":0" /> Other academics have backed this sentiment, criticizing the film's historical accuracy and pointing to the film's support of Serbian nationalism.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Cornis-Pope |first1=Marcel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7T8zAAAAQBAJ&dq=%22Battle+of+Kosovo%22+film&pg=PA465 |title=History of the Literary Cultures of East-Central Europe: Junctures and disjunctures in the 19th and 20th centuries. Volume IV: Types and stereotypes |last2=Neubauer |first2=John |date=2010-09-29 |publisher=John Benjamins Publishing |isbn=978-90-272-8786-1 |pages=465 |language=en}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==
Serbian Duke Lazar in 1389 refuses to obey the Turk Sultan Murat who intends on invading Serbia with an army in order to conquer Europe. Although aware that he is weaker, without enough men, Duke Lazar decides to fight him anyway. The Serbian Lords are not united. Most of them want to fight, even at the cost of defeat, but some of them do not. Everyone fit for battle is sent to Kosovo. The battle of Kosovo in 1389 ended with no winners - with both armies defeated and both Lazar and Murat dead. The Turks would proceed to invade Serbia but were hindered from taking over the rest of Europe.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [[Miloš Žutić]] as [[Lazar of Serbia|Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović]]
* [[Gorica Popović]] as [[Princess Milica of Serbia|Princess Milica]]
* [[Vojislav Brajović]] as [[Vuk Branković]]
* [[Žarko Laušević]] as [[Miloš Obilić]]
* [[Ljuba Tadić]] as [[Murad I|Sultan Murad]]
* [[Branislav Lečić]] as [[Bayezid I|Bayezid]]
* [[Katarina Gojković]] as the [[Kosovo Maiden]]
* [[Neda Arnerić]] as the Fishwife
* [[Tihomir Lazić]] as [[Lazar Musić]]
* [[Marko Baćović]] as [[Yakub Çelebi|Yakub Bey]]
* [[Branko Cvejić]] as Tamnavac
* [[Bogdan Diklić]] as Levčanian
* [[Svetozar Cvetković]] as [[Milan Toplica]]
* [[Milena Dravić]] as Velisava
* [[Milan Gutović]] as [[Ivan Kosančić]]
* [[Dušan Janjićijević]] as Miralem
* [[Rastislav Jović]] as Milutin the Servant
* [[Ivan Bekjarev]] as Paramunac
* [[Milutin Karadžić]] as The guard
* [[Petar Kralj]] as Vojiša
* [[Predrag Laković]] as Teofan
* [[Toni Laurenčić]] as [[Stefan Musić]]
* [[Irfan Mensur]] as Makarije
* [[Radoslav Milenković]] as Bogoje/Mustafa
* [[Predrag Milinković]] as The salooner
* [[Miodrag Radovanović]] as [[Spiridon (patriarch)|Spiridon]]
* [[Nemanja Stanišić]] as [[Stefan Lazarević]]
* [[Tanasije Uzunović]] as [[Nikola Radonja|Gerasim]]
* [[Bata Živojinović]] as Hamza the Serb
* [[Suzana Petričević]] as Andja
* [[Dragomir Čumić]] as Peasant who saves Lazar's head
* [[Josif Tatić]] as [[Gatekeeper|Head Gatekeeper]]
}}

==See also==
* [[Yugoslav films]]
* [[Serbian films]]

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0096966|title=Boj na Kosovu}}

{{Kosovo Myth}}

[[Category:1989 films]]
[[Category:1980s Serbian-language films]]
[[Category:Serbian war drama films]]
[[Category:Yugoslav war drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1380s]]
[[Category:Films set in Kosovo]]
[[Category:Films set in Serbia]]
[[Category:War films based on actual events|Kosovo (film)]]
[[Category:1980s war drama films]]
[[Category:Biographical films about Serbian royalty]]
[[Category:1989 crime drama films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Serbian monarchs]]
[[Category:Films shot in Serbia]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Bayezid I]]

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