“…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 passengers are nothing but extraordinary and include a young ballad singer and a womanizer, careless hunter, hypochondriac, German loving nit-picking intellectual, an old soldier from the First World War, two Gypsy harmonica players and a newly married couple. …”