The Fifth Offensive ( 1973 ) ( The Battle of Sutjeska ) ( The 5th Offensive )

The Fifth Offensive ( 1973 ) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Battle of Sutjeska
Alternate Title: The 5th Offensive
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Moscow International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )
Multi-lingual ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
90 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1973 and produced in:
Italy ( Italy, Greece )
Yugoslavia ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Stipe Delic

Written By:
Sergei Bondarchuk
Wolf Mankovitsch

Actors:
Richard Burton ..... Josip Broz Tito
Ljuba Tadic ..... Sava Kovacevic
Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic ..... Komandant Nikola (as Bata Zivojinovic)
Irene Papas ..... Partisan Woman
Milena Dravic ..... Vera
Bert Sotlar ..... Dalmatinac
Boris Dvornik ..... Partisan
Rade Markovic ..... Partisan (as Kole Angelovski)
Ljubisa Samardzic ..... Pop
Milan Puzic ..... Captain Stewart
Nikola-Kole Angelovski ..... German Major
Stole Arandjelovic ..... German Colonel
Neda Arneric ..... German General
Petar Banicevic
Relja Basic
Boro Begovic
Ron Berkeley
Demeter Bitenc
Mirko Boman
Milan Bosiljcic
Gianni Bozzacchi
Husein Cokic
Michael Cramer
Anton Diffring
Tone Gogala
Mite Grozdanov
Milan Gutovic
Ilija Ivezic
Zvonko Jovcic
Rastislav Jovic
Milos Kandic
Toni Laurencic
Sulejman Lelic
Miroljub Leso
Vesna Malohodzic
Tana Mascarelli
Günter Meisner
Milutin Micovic
Vladimir Popovic
Dina Rutic
Marinko Sebez
Abdurrahman Shala
Branko Spoljar
Goran Sultanovic
Dusan Tadic
Arif Vala
Slobodan Velimirovic
Mihajlo Viktorovic
Janez Vrhovec
Mirceta Vujicic
Brook Williams
Vladan Zivkovic

Synopsis:

This Yugoslavian epic depicts the World War II military exploits of Marshall Tito (played here by Richard Burton), who later became the unrivalled ruler of that troubled country. During that war, he was instrumental in resisting Nazi efforts to exterminate the Yugoslav partisans. The film details the events surrounding the climactic battle with the Germans along the Sutjeska River.

Nazi-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1943. Under the faithful leadership of Marshal Tito, the Yugoslavian partisans have put up a staunch fight against the occupying Axis powers for a number of years. Despite being outgunned, outmaneuvered, and vastly outnumbered, they managed to recuperate in the harsh mountainous region called Durmitor in northern Montenegro. However, their rest was 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 out of the encirclement, heading towards eastern Bosnia. They finally clash with the Axis on the plains of Sutjeska in southeastern 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. The scenes are interlaced between general battle rage and individual, personal fates and agonies of several main characters, from supreme commanders to ordinary soldiers. The offensive finally ends as a failure for the Axis armies, but the Partisans are not in a mood to celebrate - they suffered devastating losses. Still, they marched on.

Movie, one of the most exepensive in the history of former Yugoslavia, is made for the 30th anniversary of Battle of Sutjeska - the toughest battle Yugoslav Partizans had to fight in WWII.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 17 March, 2014.

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