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Battle of Sutjeska

Directed by	Stipe Delić
Written by	Branimir Šćepanović Sergei Bondarchuk Wolf Mankowitz Miljenko Smoje Orson Welles
Produced by	Bosna Film,Filmska Radna Zajednica (FRZ), Sutjeska Film. Production manager is Nikola Popović
Starring	Richard Burton Ljuba Tadić Irene Papas
Cinematography	Tomislav Pinter
Edited by	Vojislav Bjenjas Roberto Perpignani
Music by	Mikis Theodorakis
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	December 11, 1975 (1975-12-11) (U.S.)
Running time	128 minutes
Country	Yugoslavia
Languages	Serbo-Croatian English German

Battle of Sutjeska (also known as The Fifth Offensive) is a 1973 Yugoslav partisan film directed by Stipe Delić. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Sutjeska, the greatest engagement of the Yugoslav Partisan War. The film is one of the most expensive ever made in Yugoslavia. It was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

Plot

German-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1943; under the faithful leadership of Marshal Tito, the Yugoslav Partisans have, for a number of years, put up a staunch fight against the occupying Axis powers. Despite being out-gunned, outmaneuvered and vastly outnumbered, they managed to recuperate in a harsh mountainous region called Durmitor in northern Montenegro. However, their respite is short-lived as the combined foreign and domestic Axis powers begin an encirclement offensive, outnumbering them 6:1. The Partisans have no choice but to fight their way out of the encirclement, then head towards eastern Bosnia. They finally clash with the Axis on the plains of Sutjeska in south-eastern Bosnia.

Various people are caught up in the fighting, such as a Dalmatian who lost all of his children during the war. As the fighting intensifies, the story and the scenes are drawn more and more into the colossal battle as both sides are forced into a conflict that can only be described as a living hell. Battle scenes are interlaced with the personal agonies and fates of the main characters, from supreme commanders to ordinary soldiers.

The offensive ends in failure for the Axis, but the Partisans are in no mood to celebrate — they have suffered devastating losses. Still, on they march.

Cast

Richard Burton as Josip Broz Tito
Ljuba Tadić as Sava Kovačević
Bata Živojinović as Nikola
Miroljub Lešo as Boro
Irene Papas as Boro's Mother
Milena Dravić as Vera
Bert Sotlar as Barba
Boris Dvornik as Ivan
Rade Marković as Radoš
Ljubiša Samardžić as Stanojlo
Milan Puzić as Member of the Partisan Headquarters
Kole Angelovski as Stanojlo's Friend
Stole Aranđelović as The Priest
Relja Bašić as Capt. Stewart
Branko Špoljar as Member of the General Staff
Petar Banićević as Capt. William Deakin
Günter Meisner as Gen. Rudolf Lüters
Anton Diffring as Gen. Alexander Löhr
Michael Cramer as Col. Wagner
Orson Welles as Winston Churchill

References

Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
"8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-03.
^ "Sutjeska (Battle of Sutjeska)". Film Museum (Austria). Retrieved 1 July 2020.

External links

The Battle of Sutjeska at IMDb

v t e Big Golden Arena for Best Film
As Yugoslav Film Awards (1957–90)	Priests Ćira and Spira (1957) H-8 (1958) Train Without a Timetable (1959) The Ninth Circle (1960) Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961) Kozara (1962) Face to Face (1963) Official Position (1964) Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965) Monday or Tuesday (1966) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) When I Am Dead and Gone (1968) Downstream from the Sun (1969) Handcuffs (1970) Red Wheat (1971) The Master and Margaret (1972) The Battle of Sutjeska (1973) Guns of War (1974) The House (1975) Idealist (1976) Don't Lean Out the Window (1977) Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978) Trophy (1979) Petria's Wreath (1980) The Fall of Italy (1981) Body Scent (1983) Balkan Spy (1984) When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Happy New Year '49 (1986) Reflections (1987) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) The Meeting Point (1989) Silent Gunpowder (1990)
As Croatian Film Awards (1992–present)	Story from Croatia (1992) Countess Dora (1993) Washed Out (1995) How the War Started on My Island (1996) Mondo Bobo (1997) When the Dead Start Singing (1998) Madonna (1999) Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000) Slow Surrender (2001) Fine Dead Girls (2002) Here (2003) Long Dark Night (2004) What Iva Recorded (2005) All for Free (2006) The Living and the Dead (2007) No One's Son (2008) Metastases (2009) Just Between Us (2010) Kotlovina (2011) A Letter to My Father (2012) A Stranger (2013) Number 55 (2014) The High Sun (2015) On the Other Side (2016) A Brief Excursion (2017) Mali (2018) The Diary of Diana B. (2019) Tereza37 (2020) A Blue Flower (2021) The Staffroom (2022) Bigger Than Trauma (2023)

Big Golden Arena for Best Film

As Yugoslav Film Awards
(1957–90)

Priests Ćira and Spira (1957)
H-8 (1958)
Train Without a Timetable (1959)
The Ninth Circle (1960)
Ballad About a Trumpet and a Cloud & The First Fires (1961)
Kozara (1962)
Face to Face (1963)
Official Position (1964)
Prometheus of the Island & Three (1965)
Monday or Tuesday (1966)
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
When I Am Dead and Gone (1968)
Downstream from the Sun (1969)
Handcuffs (1970)
Red Wheat (1971)
The Master and Margaret (1972)
The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
Guns of War (1974)
The House (1975)
Idealist (1976)
Don't Lean Out the Window (1977)
Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
Trophy (1979)
Petria's Wreath (1980)
The Fall of Italy (1981)
Body Scent (1983)
Balkan Spy (1984)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Happy New Year '49 (1986)
Reflections (1987)
My Uncle's Legacy (1988)
The Meeting Point (1989)
Silent Gunpowder (1990)

As Croatian Film Awards
(1992–present)

Story from Croatia (1992)
Countess Dora (1993)
Washed Out (1995)
How the War Started on My Island (1996)
Mondo Bobo (1997)
When the Dead Start Singing (1998)
Madonna (1999)
Marshal Tito's Spirit (2000)
Slow Surrender (2001)
Fine Dead Girls (2002)
Here (2003)
Long Dark Night (2004)
What Iva Recorded (2005)
All for Free (2006)
The Living and the Dead (2007)
No One's Son (2008)
Metastases (2009)
Just Between Us (2010)
Kotlovina (2011)
A Letter to My Father (2012)
A Stranger (2013)
Number 55 (2014)
The High Sun (2015)
On the Other Side (2016)
A Brief Excursion (2017)
Mali (2018)
The Diary of Diana B. (2019)
Tereza37 (2020)
A Blue Flower (2021)
The Staffroom (2022)
Bigger Than Trauma (2023)

v t e Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
The Road a Year Long (1958) Train Without a Timetable (1959) The Ninth Circle (1960) Kozara (1963) Skopje '63 (1964) Three (1966) I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967) It Rains in My Village (1968) The Battle of Neretva (1969) Black Seed (1971) The Master and Margaret (1972) Battle of Sutjeska (1973) Death and the Dervish (1974) The Day That Shook the World (1975) The Rat Savior (1976) Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978) The Man to Destroy (1979) Special Treatment (1980) Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) The Smell of Quinces (1982) Great Transport (1983) The End of the War (1984) When Father Was Away on Business (1985) Happy New Year '49 (1986) Reflections (1987) My Uncle's Legacy (1988) Time of the Gypsies (1989) Time of Miracles (1990) The Original of the Forgery (1991)

Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

The Road a Year Long (1958)
Train Without a Timetable (1959)
The Ninth Circle (1960)
Kozara (1963)
Skopje '63 (1964)
Three (1966)
I Even Met Happy Gypsies (1967)
It Rains in My Village (1968)
The Battle of Neretva (1969)
Black Seed (1971)
The Master and Margaret (1972)
Battle of Sutjeska (1973)
Death and the Dervish (1974)
The Day That Shook the World (1975)
The Rat Savior (1976)
Occupation in 26 Pictures (1978)
The Man to Destroy (1979)
Special Treatment (1980)
Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981)
The Smell of Quinces (1982)
Great Transport (1983)
The End of the War (1984)
When Father Was Away on Business (1985)
Happy New Year '49 (1986)
Reflections (1987)
My Uncle's Legacy (1988)
Time of the Gypsies (1989)
Time of Miracles (1990)
The Original of the Forgery (1991)

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