Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas

Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas was a major war film made by Twentieth Century Fox in 1943. The film starred Philip Dorn, Anna Sten, and Martin Kosleck. The movie was directed by Louis King based on a story by Jack Andrews, who also co-wrote the secreenplay. The film was produced by Sol Wurtzel and Bryan Foy, who also produced Guadalcanal Diary (1943), Berlin Correspondent (1942), and PT 109 (1963). The musical score was by Hugo Friedhofer, who won an Academy Award for Best Score in 1946 for The Best Years of Our Lives.

The movie appears in Brassey's Guide to War Films, and is on the IMDB and on the Turner Classic Movie (TCM) database.

The movie is about the resistance movement headed by General Draza Mihailovich in German-occupied Yugoslavia. The movie recounts how Mihailovich's guerrillas attack German occupation troops, sabotage trains, and engage in battles with German occupation forces.

The movie was advertised in an original print ad as follows: ANNOUNCING -- THE MOST STIRRING PICTURE RELEASED THIS YEAR! THRILL FOLLOWS THRILL IN THIS LIVING DRAMA...THAT FLAMES OUT OF TODAY'S ELECTRIFYING HEADLINES!

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THIS VERY MOMENT...A Nazi troop train is being destroyed...! Live, love, fight with Draja Mihailovitch and his fighting guerrillas

Cast

• Philip Dorn ... General Draja Mihailovitch
• Anna Sten ... Lubitca Mihailovitch
• John Shepperd ... Lt. Aleksa Petrovic, Mihailovitch's aide
• Martin Kosleck ... Gestapo Colonel Wilhelm Brockner
• Virginia Gilmore ... Natalia, Brockner's secretary
• Felix Basch ... German Army General von Bauer
• Frank Lackteen ... Major Danilov
• LeRoy Mason ... Captain Savo
• Patricia Prest ... Nada, Mihailovitch's daughter
• Merrill Rodin ... Mirko, Mihailovitch's son

Sources

• Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas on IMDB: http://www.imdb./title/tt0035229
• Evans, Alun, editor. Brassey's Guide to War Films. Potomac Books, 2000.
• Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas at the TCM website.
• Answers.com article on Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas.
• New York Times movie review, Movie Review, Chetniks - The Fighting Guerrillas (1943), March 19, 1943 by NYT movie critic T.M.P.
• Hal Erickson review of Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas on All Movie Guide (AMC).
• Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas: A Critical Reappraisal in 2008 by Carl Savich.
• Blockbuster listing for Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas.