---
title: 'Battle of Neretva (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Veljko Bulajić'
released: '1969-11-29'
runtime_minutes: 175
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Yugoslavia'
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/battle-of-neretva-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064091/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Battle of Neretva (1969)

1969 · 175 min · Drama, Action, War · Yugoslavia, Germany, Italy, United States

Original title: Bitka na Neretvi

## Synopsis

Battle of Neretva is a 1969 Yugoslavian epic partisan film. 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Veljko Bulajić](https://cinepixo.com/people/veljko-bulajic)
- **Screenplay:** [Veljko Bulajić](https://cinepixo.com/people/veljko-bulajic), [Ugo Pirro](https://cinepixo.com/people/ugo-pirro)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Bernard Herrmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-herrmann)
- **Producer:** [Henry T. Weinstein](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-t-weinstein), [Steve Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/steve-previn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tomislav Pinter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomislav-pinter)
- **Editor:** [Roberto Perpignani](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-perpignani)

## Cast

- [Kole Angelovski](https://cinepixo.com/people/kole-angelovski)
- [Miha Baloh](https://cinepixo.com/people/miha-baloh)
- [Faruk Begolli](https://cinepixo.com/people/faruk-begolli)
- [Božidar Smiljanić](https://cinepixo.com/people/bozidar-smiljanic)
- [Hardy Krüger](https://cinepixo.com/people/hardy-kruger)
- [Charles Millot](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-millot)
- [Ranko Gučevac](https://cinepixo.com/people/ranko-gucevac)
- [Demeter Bitenc](https://cinepixo.com/people/demeter-bitenc)
- [Franco Nero](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-nero) as Mario Riva
- [Ljubiša Samardžić](https://cinepixo.com/people/ljubisa-samardzic)
- [Sibina Mijatović](https://cinepixo.com/people/sibina-mijatovic)
- [Boris Dvornik](https://cinepixo.com/people/boris-dvornik)
- [Howard Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-ross)
- [Dragomir Felba](https://cinepixo.com/people/dragomir-felba)
- [Sylva Koscina](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylva-koscina)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/battle-of-neretva-1969
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