Directed by Veljko Bulajić | Starring: Yul Brynner, Sergey Bondarchuk, Velimir Živojinović, Milena Dravić

In January 1943 the German army, afraid of an Allied invasion of the Balkans, launched a great offensive against Yugoslav Partisans in Western Bosnia. The only way out for Partisan forces and thousands of refugees was the bridge on the river Neretva.