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Walter Defends Sarajevo

Original title: Valter brani Sarajevo
  • 19721972
  • 2h 13m
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Neda Spasojevic and Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
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    • Director
      • Hajrudin Krvavac
    • Writer
      • Djordje Lebovic
    • Stars
      • Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
      • Rade Markovic
      • Ljubisa Samardzic
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Hajrudin Krvavac
    • Writer
      • Djordje Lebovic
    • Stars
      • Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
      • Rade Markovic
      • Ljubisa Samardzic
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    • 9User reviews
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    Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Ljubisa Samardzic and Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)
    Ljubisa Samardzic and Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic in Walter Defends Sarajevo (1972)

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    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
    Velimir 'Bata' Zivojinovic
    • Valter
    Rade Markovic
    Rade Markovic
    • Sead Kapetanovic
    Ljubisa Samardzic
    Ljubisa Samardzic
    • Zis
    Neda Spasojevic
    • Mirna
    Dragomir Bojanic-Gidra
    • Kondor
    • (as Dragomir 'Gidra' Bojanic)
    Slobodan Dimitrijevic
    • Suri
    Hannjo Hasse
    Hannjo Hasse
    • Von Dietrich
    Rolf Römer
    • Bischoff
    Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
    • Podpukovnik Hagen
    Pavle Vuisic
    • Otpravnik vozova
    • (as Pavle Vujisic)
    Faruk Begolli
    • Branko
    Stevo Zigon
    • Dr. Miskovic
    Etela Pardo
    • Azra Kapetanovic ... cerka
    Jovan Janicijevic-Burdus
    • Josic
    • (as Jovan-Burdus Janicijevic)
    • …
    Vladan Holec
    • Brzi
    • (as Vladan Milasinovic)
    Vojislav Miric
    • Ivan
    • (as Voja Miric)
    Igor Galo
    • Malisa
    Davor Antolic
    • Ilegalac, vodja lazne patrole
    • Director
      • Hajrudin Krvavac
    • Writer
      • Djordje Lebovic
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    • Trivia
      Emir Kusturica famous film director made his acting debut in this movie.
    • Connections
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    8/10
    Main engine behind this movie as a director!
    This movie is good for one soul purpose, it was a creation of one of the best Bosnian director ever (and Bosnia have Oscar winners directors), Hajrudin Krvavac.

    Hajrudin Krvavac was real "engine" behind this movie, not main actor Bata Zivojinovic, who was in that time communist regime actor n°1, so any director who created in that time bigger movie in Bosnia or in former Yugoslavia, was ordered by communist regime to take Zivojinovic like main actor. Every movie of Krvavac are pretty watchful, like Most (Bridge), or Partisans Escadrille.

    Beside Zivojinovic acting performance in that movie was very weak, one of the worst in that movie. Beside in real life, Zivojinovic is opposite from Valter in movie, he is some kind of the fake Valter in real life, he was in 90s in Milosevic's Chetniks party, so real Valter in reality fought Chetniks and those like Zivojinovic, because they were on side of the Axis.

    Also it is wrong to say that country of origin of this movie is Yugoslavia.

    Yugoslavia don't exist, it was a communist union created by six countries, and this movie was not financed from Yugoslav budget, but by Bosnia Film from Sarajevo, and majority owner of that movie "house" was Bosnia. So owner of that movie is Bosnia, not Yugoslavia.

    It was Bosnian movie and Bosnian director. Also Serbo-Croatian language don't exist, it was artificial "language" created 1954 in Novi Sad by Serbian and Croatian communists and imposed by them to all others in former Yugoslavia.

    This movie languages are Bosnian and German!
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    • Nov 19, 2014

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    • Release date
      • April 12, 1972 (Yugoslavia)
    • Country of origin
      • Yugoslavia
    • Languages
      • Serbian
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Valter brani Sarajevo
    • Filming locations
      • Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Yugoslavia
    • Production company
      • Bosna Film
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      2 hours 13 minutes
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