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title: 'The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stipe Delić'
released: '1973-07-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-battle-of-sutjeska-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070758/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Battle of Sutjeska (1973)

1973 · 130 min · Drama, War · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Original title: Sutjeska

## Synopsis

Battle of Sutjeska 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. It was selected as the Yugoslav entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. It was also entered into the 8th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stipe Delić](https://cinepixo.com/people/stipe-delic)
- **Screenplay:** [Branimir Šćepanović](https://cinepixo.com/people/branimir-scepanovic)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Mikis Theodorakis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mikis-theodorakis)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tomislav Pinter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomislav-pinter)

## Cast

- [Milan Gutović](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-gutovic)
- [Ljuba Tadić](https://cinepixo.com/people/ljuba-tadic) as Sava Kovačević
- [Boro Begović](https://cinepixo.com/people/boro-begovic)
- [Rade Marković](https://cinepixo.com/people/rade-markovic)
- [Ljubiša Samardžić](https://cinepixo.com/people/ljubisa-samardzic)
- [Slavko Štimac](https://cinepixo.com/people/slavko-stimac)
- [Petar Banićević](https://cinepixo.com/people/petar-banicevic)
- [Milan Puzić](https://cinepixo.com/people/milan-puzic)
- [Vladimir Popović](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-popovic)
- [Vesna Malohodžić](https://cinepixo.com/people/vesna-malohodzic)
- [Miroljub Lešo](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroljub-leso)
- [Ivan Jagodić](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-jagodic)
- [Neda Arnerić](https://cinepixo.com/people/neda-arneric)
- [Velimir Bata Živojinović](https://cinepixo.com/people/velimir-bata-zivojinovic)
- [Irene Papas](https://cinepixo.com/people/irene-papas)

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