Battle of Sutjeska (also known as The Fifth Offensive) is a 1973 Yugoslav partisan film directed by Stipe Delić. It tells the story of the famous Battle of Sutjeska, the greatest engagement of the Yugoslav Partisan War. The film is one of the most expensive ever made in Yugoslavia.
German-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1943 under the faithful leadership of Marshal Tito, the Yugoslav Partisans have, for a number of years, put up a staunch fight against the occupying Axis powers. Despite being out-gunned, outmaneuvered and vastly outnumbered, they managed to recuperate in a harsh mountainous region called Durmitor in northern Montenegro. However, their respite is 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 their way out of the encirclement, then head towards eastern Bosnia. They finally clash with the Axis on the plains of Sutjeska in south-eastern Bosnia.
Cast
Richard Burton as Josip Broz Tito
Ljuba Tadić as Sava Kovačević
Bata Živojinović as Nikola
Miroljub Lešo as Boro
Irene Papas as Boro's Mother
Milena Dravić as Vera
Bert Sotlar as Barba
Boris Dvornik as Ivan
Rade Marković as Radoš
Ljubiša Samardžić as Stanojlo
Milan Puzić as Member of the Partisan Headquarters
Kole Angelovski as Stanojlo's Friend
Stole Aranđelović as The Priest
Relja Bašić as Capt. Stewart
Branko Špoljar as Member of the General Staff
Petar Banićević as Capt. William Deakin
Günter Meisner as Gen. Rudolf Lüters
Anton Diffring as Gen. Alexander Löhr
Michael Cramer as Col. Wagner
Orson Welles as Winston Churchill
Franco Nero
Subtitles:
Danish
Norwegian
Swedish
Finnish
Language: Serbo-Croatian
Spoken languages: Serbo-Croatian
Subtitles: Danish,Swedish,Norwegian,Finnish
