Dvoboj za južnu prugu . Battle for the Railway
Without a coherent structure, but with plenty of action, this is typical, if not particularly successful, example of Yugoslav films celebrating the partisan struggle during WWII. At the end of 1941 the partisans from South Serbia and Macedonia receive a message from central headquarters: “Observe th...
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| Institution: | Open Society Archives at Central European University |
| Language: | Serbian |
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Avala Film Beograd ; CFS Koštunjak Beograd
1978
Yugoslavia |
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:8bcc9fcc-289b-433f-a1ee-f0a8af3d4b03 |
| Summary: | Without a coherent structure, but with plenty of action, this is typical, if not particularly successful, example of Yugoslav films celebrating the partisan struggle during WWII. At the end of 1941 the partisans from South Serbia and Macedonia receive a message from central headquarters: “Observe the communications and transportation network, especially the main Niš-Skopje-Solun and Niš-Pirot-Sofia railroads. These railroads are to be incapacitated on time, virtually at all costs.” The message originates from Tito himself, and marks the beginning of the lengthy and exhausting battle for this southern railroad – Hitler’s main transportation artery for supplying his troops on the Mediterranean and the Eastern fronts. Following these orders, the people of south Serbia rose up with the partisans against German, Bulgarian and other anti-partisan formations, attacking them from the liberated territory and from locations in the hinterland. |
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| Published: | 1978 |