Battle of Neretva (Bitka na Neretvi) 4

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This article is about a Yugoslav film. For the historical battle on which the film was based, see Battle of the Neretva.
The Battle of Neretva

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Directed by Veljko Bulajić
Produced by Anthony B. Unger
Henry T. Weinstein
Steve Previn
Written by Stevan Bulajić
Veljko Bulajić
Starring Sergei Bondarchuk
Yul Brynner
Anthony Dawson
Milena Dravić
Music by Bernard Herrmann
Vladimir Kraus-Rajteric
Cinematography Tomislav Pinter
Editing by Vojislav Bjenjas
Roberto Perpignani
Distributed by American International Pictures
Release date(s) October 7, 1969
February 25, 1971
Running time 175 min.
Country Yugoslavia
Language Serbo-Croatian/English
Budget $71,015,000


Bridge on the Neretva river, built and twice-destroyed during the shooting of the film.
Battle of Neretva (Serbo-Croatian: Bitka na Neretvi, Битка на Неретви) is a 1969 Yugoslavian partisan film. The film was written by Stevan Bulajić and Veljko Bulajić, and directed by Veljko Bulajić. It is based on the true events of World War II. The Battle of the Neretva was due to a strategic plan for a combined Axis powers attack in 1943 against the Yugoslav Partisans. The plan was also known as the Fourth Enemy Offensive and occurred in the area of the Neretva river in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Battle of Neretva is the most expensive motion picture made in the SFR Yugoslavia.[1] It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[2], the year after Sergei Bondarchuk (playing the role of Martin in Neretva) won the honour for War and Peace. The English language version features a powerful score by American composer Bernard Herrmann.
One of the original posters for the English version of the movie was made by Pablo Picasso, which, according to Bulajić, the famous painter agreed to do without payment, only requesting a case of best Yugoslav wines.

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