World war two drama about the 1943 battle around the Neretva River between Axis forces and Yugoslav partisan units.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Yul Brynner | ... | Vlado | |
| Hardy Krüger | ... | Kranzer | |
| Franco Nero | ... | Riva | |
| Sylva Koscina | ... | Danica | |
| Orson Welles | ... | Senator | |
| Curd Jürgens | ... | Lohring | |
| Anthony Dawson | ... | Morelli | |
| Milena Dravic | ... | Nada | |
| Sergey Bondarchuk | ... | Martin (as Sergej Bondarcuk) | |
| Ljubisa Samardzic | ... | Novak | |
| Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic | ... | Stole (as Bata Zivojinovic) | |
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Boris Dvornik | ... | Stipe |
| Oleg Vidov | ... | Nikola | |
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Pavle Vuisic | ... | Sofer |
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Howard Ross | ... | Mario (as Renato Rossini) |
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Battle on Neretva known as the ''fourth offensive'' the most humane battle in World War II led by Yugoslav partisans. In January 1943 German army, afraid of Allied invasion of Balkans, launched great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia.They encircle the mountain and begin the mop up operation. Out gunned and outnumbered the partisans must not only take care of themselves but try to protect thousands of refugees too. Providing a heroic resistance, multiple superior enemy partisans advancing towards the only remaining bridge over the Neretva river, through which they intend to transfer himself and wounded at free territory. Therefore, all the shock decision of the Supreme Headquarters to demolish the bridge, but it is just as foolish ruse to weaken the enemy forces on the other side of the river. Movie Battle of Neretva is usually the most famous work by the Yugoslav film industry has produced. Written by krule88
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Release Date:
7 October 1969 (Yugoslavia) See more »Also Known As:
The Battle of the River Neretva See more »Edit
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$12,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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As the film was heavily re-edited for international release, Bernard Herrmann (Psycho, Vertigo) was commissioned to write an alternative score. The complete 175 minute Yugoslav version features a score by a local composer. See more »Goofs
[All goofs for this title are spoilers.] See more »Crazy Credits
At the Neretva in occupied Europe, we fought one of the most celebrated and the most heroic battles for the wounded. Here was decided the fate of the Revolution. Here was victorious the brotherhood and unity of our peoples. Tito See more »Alternate Versions
Several different video and DVD prints exist. In North America the film has been released at 106 minutes; a Spanish DVD runs 113 minutes; and most European PAL videos and the Australian video run 127 minutes. German and Croation video and DVD copies run 142 minutes each, although they are not the same print. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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It is sad that the most widely distributed version of this Yugoslavian war epic "Bitka na Neretvi" is the 102 minute version edited and dubbed in USA by Commonwealth United Films. This version, known as "The Battle of Neretva" has been shortened by a full hour. It looks a bit like a long trailer, offering samples of what is obviously a big scale, melodramatic giant of a film, like "The Longest Day". At times the re-editing looks like it has been made with an axe, some dialogue being cut from the middle of a sentence.
I have just seen, however, a longer Commonwealth version: 127 minutes, 25 minutes longer. This is a far superior version, professionally edited into a coherent, well flowing narrative. It seems that the 102 minute "stub" has been edited from this. I can only imagine how much deeper the characterization would be with the 40 minutes still missing from the original. The Italian and German versions are longer than this 127 minute version, and they have been released on DVD. Still, for anyone preferring an English translation, this could be the best version around. Sadly it only seems to be available on VHS.