The Battle of Sutjeska

Original title: Sutjeska

1973
PG
2h 10m

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In 1943, 20,000 Yugoslav partisans led by Tito find themselves encircled by 120,000 well-armed Axis troops in the mountains of Bosnia and must break out of encirclement.In 1943, 20,000 Yugoslav partisans led by Tito find themselves encircled by 120,000 well-armed Axis troops in the mountains of Bosnia and must break out of encirclement.In 1943, 20,000 Yugoslav partisans led by Tito find themselves encircled by 120,000 well-armed Axis troops in the mountains of Bosnia and must break out of encirclement.

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6.8/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 1 nomination

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Trivia
Richard Burton met with the real Josip Broz Tito, whom he greatly admired, and agreed to play him in a favorable light in this film.

Connections
Edited into Bridge to Hell (1986)

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3/10

great historical story bad interpretation

This film was supposed to tell the story of the 5th German offensive in the Balkans. When someone who does not know historical events watches this film, he can only be confused. Although there is an impressive cast, the film is very poorly produced like all WW2-themed films from that era, big budget, cooperation with the JNA, big scenes with a lot of extras. Although it had all the predispositions to be a masterpiece, it was reduced to a series of propaganda images, partisan clichés, shallow characters, bad acting, repetition of the same scenes. From a military point of view, very funny. I'm sorry to say, but this is a very poorly told story of our rough and tumble history. It is not the pride of Yugoslav cinematography.