First World War on Film: Živorad Mitrović's The March on the Drina + Introduction
TBC 110 mins
TBC 110 mins
The Great War forms a central part of cultural memory in both Britain and Serbia and even more interestingly, a central part of cinematic tradition. The March on the Drina follows a Serbian royal artillery battery and its journey in western Serbia to face Austro-Hungarian troops at the Battle of Cer, the first Allied victory of the war.
Rediscovering a vital chapter of the First World War on film and 80 years of Belgrade's Avala Film studio, The March on the Drina is one of the great war epics produced in Yugoslavia and an essential film by genre pioneer Živorad Žika Mitrović.
The programme is curated by Mina Radovic, Liberating Cinema UK - 10th Anniversary of The Liberating Cinema Film Series - and introduced by Cassie Robinson, Birkbeck, University of London. Special Thank You to Delta Video, Belgrade.