Battle of Sutjeska | |
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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 |
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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 (“Case Black”), 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.[1] It was also entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.[2]