The Calvary of Serbia

The Calvary of Serbia

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Status

Released

Release Date

Dec 31, 1932

Runtime

1h 22m

Genres

Documentary

User Score

62%

Original Title

Golgota Srbije WWI

Director

Stanislav Krakov

Description

Still regarded as the best Serbian documentary film account of WW1 ever, it gathers all the available footage of Serbia's army, its battles on the home ground, its refuge on the island of Corfu, its victorious offensive on the Thessaloniki Front and the return to the homeland. The original documentary footage from 1915–1918 was somewhat supplemented in a small measure with some staged reenactments of Serbian army retreating over Albania, and later liberation of Belgrade. The first version of this documentary epic was shown in 1930 under the title "For the Honour of Homeland". Andrija Glisic and Zarija Djokic later made a new sound version of the previous silent movie and renamed it "Fire Over the Balkans".