Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia, Perhan, an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers, is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

库斯图里卡导演《地下》的电视版本，和电影版非同一部电影：影片通过三位主人公——知识分子和投机商马高、他的朋友黑仔、他们共同的爱人娜塔莉——传奇般的人生展现了导演对南斯拉夫这个民族的理解与复杂情感。
电影是1995年放映的电视版本，共分六集，全片充满了奇思异想，有着浓厚的超现实主义色彩，是一部名副其实的史诗片。电影情节虽然有些荒诞不经，但却准确地描绘了二战时期南斯拉夫的社会状况，大胆揭露了一些投机的战争英雄英勇事迹背后不为人知的真相。影片的基调是幽默和讽刺的，又十分活泼轻松，很欢快，甚至可以把影片当作喜剧来看。影片人物个性十分奔放，张扬，该片处处洋溢着创作者的激情。导演埃米尔·库斯图里卡处理史诗题材的天才手段展露无疑，由于该片深刻的讽喻，不少影评家将该片与俄国1995年的《毒太阳》相提并论。

1995 film directed by Emir Kusturica