Premeditated Murder (1995): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1995, Premeditated Murder is a drama film directed by Gorčin Stojanović, running about 94 minutes.

What it’s about. Men, women, and war. Jelena Panic is a young woman in Belgrade in the early 1990s, during Serbia's war with Croatia; she's making a book of her grandmother's diaries from the end of World War II. She takes up with Bogdan, a young soldier recovering from war wounds. He helps her with her grandmother's story, a tragic triangle involving her effete and well-educated husband and an uneducated major, a Chekist who has, perhaps, the power to save a political prisoner who is the grandmother's friend. As Jelena wonders which man was her grandfather (the Chekist or the husband), Bogdan recovers from his wounds and must decide whether to return to the front. Jelena pleads; duty calls.

Who’s in it. Premeditated Murder stars Branka Katić as Jelena Pantić (Bulika), Nebojša Glogovac as Bogdan Bilogorac, Ana Sofrenović as Jelena Ljubisavljević and Dragan Mićanović as Jovan, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.4/10, Premeditated Murder sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Premeditated Murder page.

If you liked it. Fans of Premeditated Murder tend to enjoy The Shawshank Redemption, The Godfather, Schindler's List and The Godfather Part II.