Marš na Drinu . The March to Drina – aka March to River Drina
Unlike most of the war movies made under the Yugoslav communist regime, this film does not actually deal with either WWII or the communist revolution, but rather chronicles and celebrates the historic battle of Drina and Cer during the early stages of the First World War, when a small and outnumbere...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Serbian |
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Avala Film Beograd
1964
Yugoslavia |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:d5d56b91-65b1-4596-8f0e-7f0ae07cf49f |
| Summary: | Unlike most of the war movies made under the Yugoslav communist regime, this film does not actually deal with either WWII or the communist revolution, but rather chronicles and celebrates the historic battle of Drina and Cer during the early stages of the First World War, when a small and outnumbered Serbian army defeated the invading Austro-Hungarian forces. The story revolves around the officers and men of a small Serbian artillery division, from before the actual campaign begins up to its victorious conclusion. Through their strenuous journey to Mount Cer, the film reveals in close detail several individual soldiers and their characters with the personal doubts, worries and joys which they bring into battle, with various consequences. At the end of an exhausting non-stop march, they finally arrive at Mount Cer and enter the battle in the decisive moment. After some initial mistakes and losses they eventually manage to repel the Austrian troops which invaded the country, but not before several of the main characters have met heroic deaths. |
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| Published: | 1964 |