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'Battle of Sutjeska' (also known as 'The Fifth Offensive') is a 1973 Yugoslav partisan film directed by Stipe Deli. 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.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 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 Tadi as Sava Kovaevi

* Bata ivojinovi as Nikola

* Miroljub Leo as Boro

* Irene Papas as Boro's Mother

* Milena Dravi as Vera

* Bert Sotlar as Barba

* Boris Dvornik as Ivan

* Rade Markovi as Rado

* Ljubia Samardi as Stanojlo

* Milan Puzi as Member of the Partisan Headquarters

* Kole Angelovski as Stanojlo's Friend

* Stole Aranelovi as The Priest

* Relja Bai as Capt. Stewart

* Branko poljar as Member of the General Staff

* Petar Banievi as Capt. William Deakin

* Gnter Meisner as Gen. Rudolf Lters

* Anton Diffring as Gen. Alexander Lhr

* Michael Cramer as Col. Wagner

* Orson Welles as Winston Churchill

See also



* List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

* List of Yugoslav submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

References




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