General Information

Original Title

Bitka na Neretvi

Author/Creator

Bulajić, Veljko, director.

Published

Yugoslavia : Kinema ; Udruženi jugoslovenski producenti ; Igor Film Rome ; Eichberg Film, 1969.

Physical Description

DVD-ROM (105 min.)

Digital ver. identifier

HU_OSA_00002312

Contents/Summary

Summary

This Hollywood style war-flick is based on the historic German offensive against the Yugoslav partisans in 1943 in Western Bosnia. The film’s international reputation is mostly due to its enormous budget and the fleet of international film stars who played major roles, including Yul Brynner, Sergei Bondarchuck, Orson Welles, Hardy Krüger and Franco Nero. The film tells several interwoven stories stressing the importance of comradeship in wartime with obvious pro-communist leanings. Cornered by the overwhelming joint German, Italian and Chetnik forces, Yugoslav partisans together with 4500 wounded find themselves surrounded near the Neretva river. The only way out is by the bridge over the river, but with heavy enemy forces waiting on the other side, partisan headquarter decide on a strategic trick – to destroy the bridge. Predicting that the partisans will attempt a suicidal sortie, the surprised joint Axis forces transfer their forces to the other side of the river, not knowing that, during the night, the partisans will build a temporary bridge near the destroyed one and cross to the other side, thus outsmarting the enemy. In the epic final scene several of the main characters are killed and thousand of innocent people lose their lives.

Subjects

Genre

Fiction films

Bibliographic Information

Title Translation

The Battle of Neretva – aka Battle of the River Neretva

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Call Number	Status	Shelving Location	Public Note
DVD-ROM	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0564	Available	-	-
Digital film	OSA Film Library	FL Record 0564 (HU_OSA_00002312.mp4)	Available		Access Copy, MP4 format