Black Gruja and the Stone of Wisdom

The story is set in the years of the Serbian uprising. Ottoman rule is preparing a military answer. There is disagreement inside the uprising as well. A struggle over power is growing among the popular leaders. Karadjordje is the man at its head. He consults a fortune teller. She tells him about a stone. It is said to be somewhere up in the hills. According to the legend, whoever knocks his head against it three times comes away wiser. Karadjordje decides to have it found and gives the job to his kinsman Crni Gruja, who is sent off with two helpers. Gruja finds the stone, believes it has worked on him, and sets about going into business. The film comes from a television comedy of the same name and opened in Belgrade in February 2007. Nenad Jezdić and Nikola Kojo appear in the ninety one minute film, a Serbian production Marko Marinković finished in 2007.