The best Boris Dvornik’s war movies

Boris Dvornik

Boris Dvornik

16/04/1939- 23/03/2008
We present our ranking of the best Boris Dvornik’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Boris Dvornik.

The Battle of Sutjeska

The Battle of Sutjeska
6.8/10
  • Genre: War
  • Release: 03/07/1973
  • Character: Dalmatinac
Tells the story of the Battle of Sutjeska which occurred in Nazi-occupied Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1943.

The Bridge

The Bridge
7.5/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 01/01/1969
  • Character: Zavatoni
In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost indestructible and the only man who knows weak spots in the construction is the architect who built it. He is, however, reluctant to cooperate because he doesn't want to see his masterpiece destroyed.

The Return

The Return
6.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 05/07/1979
  • Character: Barba Frane
Despite the ongoing WW2, most of the people were just minding their own business. But everything changes when police arrests the group of youths under suspicion of being resistance sympathizers. Outraged townsfolk organize the siege of police station.

Radopolje

Radopolje
7.4/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 13/07/1963
  • Character: Čovek bez čavala
German retaliation expedition burned down the village of Radopolje and killed all the men. When first men appear in the village after the war, Kata Plecas believes they will renew the village. But these men die as well and the question if Radopolje will be the "village of black scarves" again remains.

Occupation in 26 Pictures

Occupation in 26 Pictures
7.4/10
Set in Dubrovnik, this drama chronicles a friendship between three men, that began just before World War II. One of the men is of Italian origin, another is the wealthy heir of a shipping fortune, and the third is the son of a Jewish antique-store owner. Before the war, they are fast friends, enjoying one another's company at carnivals and at a private fencing club. However, when the war comes, the Italians and Germans move in to create the Independent State of Croatia. The Italian friend becomes a fascist and courts and marries the sister of his rich friend. Soon enough, atrocities are being committed, and anyone suspected of Jewish or Serbian parentage or anti-fascist leanings, is killed.

Kaya

Kaya
7.1/10
An experimental film about peaceful and carefree life in a small Dalmatian town, which turns into bloodshed and horror on the Eve of Italian occupation of the country.

The Ninth Circle

The Ninth Circle
7.6/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 22/06/1960
  • Character: Ivo Vojnović
In order to save friend's daughter, a 17-year-old Jewish girl from the Ustashas, Croatian family arranges her to be wed to their son Ivo.

The Pine Tree in the Mountain

The Pine Tree in the Mountain
7.5/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 15/09/1971
  • Character: Dikan
Communist party commissar Ivica is sent to the lowland village to monitor the local partisan squad. Despite their disagreements he befriends their leader Dikan and they plan to evacuate the chief headquarters. Dikan also sees the opportunity to have his personal revenge on an enemy officer, responsible for death of one of his men.

Red Blow

Red Blow
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 16/07/1974
  • Character: Kapetan avijacije
At the beginning of the war the Germans come to the mine Trepca in Kosovo and occupy it. Communist Party and the workers do not agree with that and under constant repression, beginning small diversions, which will be transferred in the conquest and liberation of the entire mine.

Long Dark Night

Long Dark Night
6.7/10
"Long Dark Night" follows the life of the fictional character Iva Kolar: his experiences as a Croatian University student, his role as a Partisan fighting Hitler's troops during W.W. II, his involvement in his nation's post-war government, and his eventual downfall.

On the Mountain of Konjuh

On the Mountain of Konjuh
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 01/01/1966
  • Character: Mešo
An exciting story of Husine coalminers who formed a partisan batch and put up an armed resistance during WW2 in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Wartime

Wartime
4.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWar
  • Release: 26/08/1987
  • Character: Bronco
Somewhere in Eastern Europe during WW II. The Nazis have captured a Swedish scientist, whom they want to create weapons of mass-destruction for them, and then a group of local rebels will have to free him from the Nazis before they run out of time. To help them with this task, they have sought the aid of a couple of American pilots

Fliers of the Open Skies

Fliers of the Open Skies
6.7/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 21/06/1977
  • Character: Tomo
Poetic parable of children in war and their sacrifice.

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