{"id":204563,"date":"2026-03-17T16:56:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=204563"},"modified":"2026-03-17T16:56:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:56:47","slug":"general-shown-in-london-first-film-about-uncle-draza-caused-a-standing-ovation-premiere-in-america-coming-soon-in-montenegro-unwelcome-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/general-shown-in-london-first-film-about-uncle-draza-caused-a-standing-ovation-premiere-in-america-coming-soon-in-montenegro-unwelcome-video\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;GENERAL&#8221; SHOWN IN LONDON: First film about Uncle Dra\u017ea caused a standing ovation, premiere in America coming soon! In Montenegro \u2013 unwelcome! (VIDEO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>The feature film &#8220;General,&#8221; produced by &#8220;Pogledi,&#8221; premiered in London on March 14, at the Bishop Nikolaj House. After the screening, the film was rewarded with long applause and a standing ovation, and due to high interest, another screening was announced at the Hotel &#8220;Ravna Gora&#8221; house.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The introductory speech before the screening was given by historian and activist Aleksa Kri\u010dki\u0107, and it is interesting that there were quite a few Englishmen at the London screening, who were able to follow the film&#8217;s plot without problems because the version shown featured English subtitles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"526\" data-id=\"204564\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-1024x526.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-1024x526.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-1536x789.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-1568x806.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu-1200x617.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-Aleksa-Krickic-najavljuje-projekciju-u-Londonu.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"531\" data-id=\"204565\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London-1024x531.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London-1024x531.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London-768x399.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London-1200x623.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London.jpg 1424w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"660\" data-id=\"204566\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-1024x660.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-1024x660.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-1536x990.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-1568x1011.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1-1200x773.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-London1.jpg 1595w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Soon, the film should begin showing in the United States of America as well, and the first screening has been announced for April 4 in Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;General&#8221; has so far been shown in a large number of cinemas in Serbia and Republika Srpska and has been seen by over 15,000 viewers, which, according to the distributors, is twice the average viewership of domestic films in cinemas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-1568x1176.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/03-DJeneral-u-Pozegi.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>PREMIERE OF &#8220;GENERAL&#8221; IN PO\u017dEGA: The film was shown in a large number of cinemas in Serbia and RS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to America and Canada, where the exclusive distributor is our portal &#8220;Serbian Times,&#8221; screenings are expected in Australia and France, as well as in a series of smaller towns in Serbia and Republika Srpska (Despotovac, Kovin, Para\u0107in, \u010celinac, Lakta\u0161i\u2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DJENERAL TREJLER  - Film o Drazi\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F081UVGxei0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, &#8220;General&#8221; will not be able to be shown in Montenegro, where this film encountered a tacit ban and ended up in the &#8220;bunker.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-Not a single cinema dares to take the film because a manhunt against the Ravna Gora movement is underway in Montenegro, where the role of the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland during the Second World War is portrayed negatively and unilaterally, says the author and director of &#8220;General,&#8221; Miloslav Samard\u017ei\u0107, and adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-1536x810.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-1568x827.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-1200x633.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-The previous film produced by &#8220;Pogledi,&#8221; in which the main character is Nikola Kalabi\u0107, was announced in Podgorica, but was removed from the repertoire due to protests by (neo)communists. I remind you that the police in Montenegro are still searching for the monument to Pavle \u0110uri\u0161i\u0107, which was temporarily placed in the village of Gornje Zaostro near Berane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The theme of &#8220;General&#8221; is the turning point war events of 1943, about which no films or TV series have been filmed until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"http:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-204569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-1536x810.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-1568x827.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2-1200x633.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/DJeneral-film-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>-Such films have the task of opening an epoch, to convince the broad masses how they were raised on historical lies or through an ideological mantra from birth, are the words of writer Igor Ivanovi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The character of General Dra\u017ea is portrayed by one of the best Serbian actors, Nikola Rako\u010devi\u0107.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/talented-twins-decided-to-play-for-serbia-jug-and-vid-grew-up-in-germany-they-train-at-werder-and-here-is-why-they-chose-the-eagles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TALENTED TWINS DECIDED TO PLAY FOR SERBIA: Jug and Vid grew up in Germany, they train at Werder, and here is why they chose the Eagles!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/bravo-novak-serbian-wunderkind-who-stacked-up-medals-at-olympiads-is-today-a-student-of-the-most-prestigious-college-at-the-famous-cambridge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">BRAVO, NOVAK! 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