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The great transport

Genre:
War film

Director:
Veljko Bulajic

Short description:
True events from the World War II, when the Liberation Army Supreme Headquorters decided to send reinforcements of more than 1000 young men and women, volunteers, along with clothing, food and medical equipment to exhausted brigades in Bosnia. Then, in spring of 1943. an immense column called "the great transport", departed for 300 km long journey, through broad Vojvodinian plains, through encirclements and ambushes, across rivers and rails.
Additional information:
Producer: in cooperation with Inconvent - Los Angeles and Lanterna Editrice - Rome. Donald R. Boyle cooperated on the script.

Producer:
Neoplanta Film, Novi Sad, Sherwood Production, Los Andjeles

Writer:
Veljko Bulajic, Arsen Diklic

Music:
Vladimir Kraus-Rajteric, Miljenko Prohaska

Cinematographer:
Dusan Ninkov

Production design:
Veljko Despotovic

Country of origin:
Jugoslavija, Srbija

Film editing:
Vesna Lazeta

Duration:
133 minutes

System:
Widescreen, color

Premiere:
5.7.1983.



Cast:

Danco Cevrevski
Dragan Bjelogrlic
Dragana Varagic
Dragomir Felba
Dusan Bulajic
Dusan Janicijevic
Edward Albert
Helmut Berger
James Franciscus
Ljiljana Blagojevic
Milica Radakovic
Mira Banjac
Olivera Markovic
Robert Vaughan
Slobodan Aligrudic
Steve Railsback
Tihomir Arsic
Velimir (Bata) Zivojinovic
Velimir Zivotic
Zvonimir Lepetic

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