Chetniks

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Jan 11 1943 Approved 1h 13m
Drama, War

Subtitled The Fighting Guerillas, Chetniks tells the story of Serbian guerilla fighter General Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailovic. Based on the General's own memoirs, the film depicts Mihailovitch (played here by Philip Dorn) as a selfless idealist, leading his resistance troops, known as the Chetniks, on one raid after another against the Germans during WW II.

Plot

Colonel Draza Mihailovichn, the Chetniks leader, orders his men to move down from the hills to prey on German and Italian cotangents, derailing trains and blasting ammunition dumps. They disrupt German communications, immobilize Axis troops and provide a constant headache for the invader's. Unable to stop the Chetniks, thy invaders attempt to capture Mihailovich through his wife and children, All food stores are closed to the people of Kotar, until they inform on the whereabouts of the Colonel's family. the Chetniks break this starvation threat. The Axis, though foiled, eventually finds the guerrilla leaders wife and children. When they refuse to betray the Cherniks, the invader's turn to more drastic measures against the town residents, who have a few traitors among them,

Written by

Jack Andrews, Edward E. Paramore Jr., Ulrich Steindorff

Directed by

Louis King

Cast

Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, Shepperd Strudwick

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

20th Century Fox

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Trailers
CHETNIKS! 1943 Original Trailer
Scores
# of Votes
286
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
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