Mars na Drinu (1964)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic

Writers:

Arsen Diklic (writer)
Zivorad 'Zika' Mitrovic (writer)

Release Date:

17 July 1964 (Yugoslavia)

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Plot Keywords:

WWI | Battle | Artillery

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Aleksandar Gavric	...	Kosta Hadzivukovic ... kapetan
Ljuba Tadic	...	Major Kursula
Nikola Jovanovic	...	Velimir Hadzi Vukovic
Vladimir Popovic	...	Porucnik Miloje
Husein Cokic	...	Narednik
Branko Plesa	...	Pukovnik Zdravko Lukic
Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanic	...	Kaplar
Strahinja Petrovic	...	Laza ... teca
Bozidar Drnic	...	Trifun Hadzi Vukovic
Zoran Radmilovic	...	Petrovic ... kockar
Branislav Jerinic	...	Aleksa
Ljubisa Jovanovic	...	Djeneral Stepa Stepanovic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pavle Bogatincevic
Ljubica Golubovic
Bogdan Mihailovic
Predrag Milinkovic
Bozidar Pavicevic-Longa
Petar Prlicko	...	Kuvar Trajko
Miomir Radevic-Pigi
Ruzica Sokic	...	Zena na prozoru (as Ljubica Sokic)
Rastko Tadic	...	Seljak sa kolima
Predrag Tasovac	...	Novotni, austrijski oficir
Milorad-Misa Volic

Runtime:

107 min

Country:

Yugoslavia

Language:

Serbo-Croatian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Avala Film

If you've seen Gallipoly, you should see this film, as well.

The title, translated to english, is "The march of Drina". This Yugoslav film is most notable for it's topic, handling of the same and circumstances.

The film was made during the communist era of Yugoslavia. Unlike 99% of war movies made during that time, this one doesn't deal with WW2 and communist revolution, but a historic and epic battle of WW1.

The topic was handled excellently, it was very authentic. For that reason, the film was "shunned" by the official TVs and movie theaters for years.

The topic of this film is the first battle of WW1 that was won by the allies, when small and outnumbered army of Serbian Kingdom defeated Austro-Hungarian invading forces. The plot revolves around a small artillery section, the men and their lives. The cast was excellent and they did their job superbly.

Historically, battles of Drina and Cer, in Serbia, were the first two victories in WW1. Unfortunately, overwhelmed by the invaders, serbian army had to retreat all the way to Greece and wait there until the allies were ready to open the front at Solun.

If you've seen Gallipoly, you should see this film as well. Mind you, this film is in serbian, so you should find a version for your country (preferably not synchronized).