The Battle of Neretva

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This article is about a Yugoslav film. For the historical battle after which the film was created, see Battle of Neretva.

The Battle of Neretva
Soundtrack cover to the film
Directed by	Veljko Bulajić
Produced by	Anthony B. Unger Henry T. Weinstein Steve Previn
Written by	Stevan Bulajić Veljko Bulajić
Starring	Sergei Bondarchuk Yul Brynner Anthony Dawson Milena Dravić
Music by	Bernard Herrmann Vladimir Kraus-Rajteric
Cinematography	Tomislav Pinter
Editing by	Vojislav Bjenjas Roberto Perpignani
Distributed by	American International Pictures
Release date(s)	October 7, 1969 February 25, 1971
Running time	175 min.
Country	Yugoslavia
Language	Serbo-Croatian/English
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The Battle of Neretva (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Neretvi) is a 1969 Yugoslavian war film. The film was written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth enemy offensive and occurred on the Neretva in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It is often considered the best motion picture made in the Former Yugoslavia.^{[citation needed]} It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, the year after Sergei Bondarchuk (playing the role of Martin in Neretva) won the honour for War and Peace. The English language version features a powerful score by American composer Bernard Herrmann.

One of the original posters for the English version of the movie was made by Pablo Picasso.

1 Trivia
2 Main cast
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Trivia

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*Yul Brynner (Vlado) and Orson Welles (Chetnik senator) both died on October 10, 1985. Also, Welles starred in Waterloo with Sergei Bondarchuk directing.

[edit] Main cast

Sergei Bondarchuk as Martin
Yul Brynner as Vlado
Anthony Dawson as General Morelli
Milena Dravić as Nada
Boris Dvornik as Stipe
Curt Jürgens as General Lorgins
Sylva Koscina as Danica
Hardy Krüger as Colonel Kranzer
Franco Nero as Captain Michael Riva
Howard Ross as Sgt. Mario
Lojze Rozman as Ivan
Ljubiša Samardžić as Novak
Oleg Vidov as Nikola
Orson Welles as Chetnik senator
Bata Živojinović as Stole

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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