KO TO TAMO
On April 5, 1941, one day before Nazi invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
a colourful group of random passengers on a country road deep in the heart
of Serbia board a dilapidated
Krstić & Son bus, headed for the capital Belgrade:
two Gypsy musicians, a world war 1 veteran, a Germanophile,
a budding singer,
a sickly looking man, and a hunter with a rifle. The
bus is owned by Krstić Sr., and
driven by his impressionable son Miško.
Along the way, they are joined by a priest and a pair of young
newlyweds who are
on their way to the seaside, and are faced with some
difficulties: a flat tire, a shaky bridge,
a farmer who's ploughed the
road, a funeral, two feuding families, Krstić Jr.'s recruitment into
the army,
and a lost wallet. All these slow the bus down and expose
rifts among the travelers.
During the early morning of Sunday, April 6, amid rumours of war, they finally reach
Belgrade only to be bombed in the Luftwaffe's raid (Operation Punishment).
The only surviving passengers are two Gypsy musicians who sing the film's theme song before the end.