Battle of Neretva is a 1969 Yugoslavian epic propaganda/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
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Bridge on the Neretva river, built and twice-destroyed during the shooting of the film.
Sergei Bondarchuk and Orson Welles at the premiere in Sarajevo on 29 November 1969.
Yuliy Borisovich Briner, known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian and American actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and
Battle of Neretva (film)
…Sergei Bondarchuk as Martin Yul Brynner as Vlado (Vladimir Smirnov) Curt Jürgens as Gen. Lohring…
The Briner family mansion in Vladivostok, Russia, where Yul Brynner lived from 1920 to 1927
Brynner's 1943 photo after emigrating to the United States
Yul Brynner as drug dealer Paul Vicola, a supporting role in Port of New York (1949)