Gen. Draja Mihailovitch
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On 6 April 1941, Germany invades Yugoslavia and bombs the Yugoslav capital Belgrade, in conjunction with Italy, Hungary, and Bulgaria. Serb Yugoslav Army colonel Draža Mihailović forms a band of guerrillas known as the Chetniks, who launch a resistance movement against the Axis occupation.
The Fighting Guerrillas. German troops invade Yugoslavia on April 6, 1941. After the government surrenders, Serbian Army Colonel Draza Mihailovic leads a freedom fighting group of guerrillas, the Chetniks, who launch a resistance movement against the Axis occupation troops.
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- Action, Drama, War
- Louis King
- 1943-01-11
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.
Mar 8, 2008 · The movie was the Hollywood chronicle of the Chetnik resistance movement. Draza Mihailovich launched a resistance movement against the Nazi occupation forces of Yugoslavia in 1941. This was unprecedented and created a sensation in Europe and in America.
On January 11, 1943, Twentieth Century Fox released the movie Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas on the Serbian guerrilla movement headed by Draza Mihailovich in German-occupied Yugoslavia. The movie was a box office and critical success, starring Philip Dorn as Draza Mihailovich and Anna Sten as his wife.
Sep 16, 2020 · Original trailer to seldom-seen 1943 drama CHETNKS! starring Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, Shepperd Strudwick (as John Shepperd) and Martin Koslek.
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- Chelsea Rialto Studios
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After the Germans overrun Yugoslavia in 1941, Serbian army colonel Draja Mihailovitch leads a small but fierce band of guerrillas known as the Chetniks.
