Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Playing Soldiers (1967)

Playing Soldiers poster
Original title
Mali vojnici
Directed by
Bahrudin Čengić
Genre
drama film
Country
Yugoslavia
Runtime
1h 32m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

The film follows a group of boys in Yugoslavia who play at being soldiers. Their games mix youthful energy with the harsh reality of war around them.

slow-burnsolemnwar-tingedchildlikemelancholicgroundedrestrainedobservational

What happens

Playing Soldiers (Serbo-Croatian: Mali vojnici) is a 1967 Yugoslav film directed by Bahrudin Čengić. It was listed to compete at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, but the festival was cancelled due to the events of May 1968 in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?