Battle of Sutjeska (film)

Battle of Sutjeska
Directed byStipe Delić
Written byBranimir Šćepanović
Sergei Bondarchuk
Wolf Mankowitz
Miljenko Smoje
Orson Welles
Produced byBosna Film,Filmska Radna Zajednica (FRZ), Sutjeska Film. Production manager is Nikola Popović
StarringRichard Burton
Ljuba Tadić
Irene Papas
CinematographyTomislav Pinter
Edited byVojislav Bjenjas
Roberto Perpignani
Music byMikis Theodorakis
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 11, 1975 (1975-12-11)
(U.S.)
Running time
128 minutes
CountryYugoslavia
LanguagesSerbo-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.[1] It was also entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.[2]

  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. ^ "8th Moscow International Film Festival (1973)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2013-01-03.

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