A typical Yugoslav partisan heroic epic A typical movie, along with all the typical cliches and blunders inherent in this “glorious” genre, although in this case there are some plot features.
For starters, the long political information at the beginning of the film is surprising. Why this multi-minute story about the Great Patriotic and the plan of Barbarossa, if all this has nothing to do with the plot of the film? Absolutely nothing.
Another feature is that instead of the usual allies of the Germans, the Serbian monarchists (the Chetniks of General Mikhailovich), the Bulgarians are here. The film is set in 1941, while the Chetniks were still allies of the Communist partisans (Tito). And the Bulgarians, having received their share of the territory of Serbia and Macedonia, were allies of the Germans. Thus, in the typical oil painting “dumb Germans + even dumber Chetniks vs cool partisans” we see the Bulgarian army instead of Chetniks. Which was also lowered below the plinth.
An interesting difference is that already typical almost immortal partisans have mastered the gift of mass teleportation. From the encirclement, to the enemy rear, or to an enemy object, they do not break through with combat, but teleport, that is, they just appear there, although a couple of frames ago they were here. All of a sudden, they’re there.
The rest is traditional – to kill at least two or three partisans, you need to make incredible efforts, in this case, for example, to fit an armored train. And then there is no guarantee - for example, the guerrillas' dagger machine gun fire is somehow unimpressive, they run themselves and run further.
In addition, the film has some ragged plot (probably the cost of teleportation), it is not always clear where the partisans are now and what they are doing, besides, of course, that once again destroy ideological enemies on an industrial scale.
By the way, it is also heartening that acting on the territory of Bulgaria, i.e. another state with by the way not the most friendly population (Bulgars and Serbs have not loved each other since the Second Balkan War of 1913 - this eternal apartment, i.e., the territorial issue), the partisans feel at home.
Anyway, the movie is another mess. Maybe stop watching these Yugoslav guerrilla tales, similar to each other like clones.
This clone deserves, in my opinion, from strength.
2 out of 10