The band Zabranjeno pušenje called their first album “Das ist Walter”, in honor of the movie.
Valter brani Sarajevo is a Bosnian war film by Hajrudin Krvavac from 1972, along with Bulajić’s Battle of the Neretva, probably the most famous and popular partisan war-themed film shot in socialist Yugoslavia.
This iconic Yugoslavian film is a war drama whose director is reminiscent of spy films in places, with many action scenes and tense moments.
SARAJEVO in 1944.
The role of Valter as a character is a free interpretation of the life of a real anti-fascist fighter and commander of Sarajevo’s illegals in the Second World War, Vladimir Perić Valter, who was also a member of the intelligence services of the former Yugoslavia.
Encouraged by the loss of Belgrade and the penetration of the Soviet army and partisans, the leaders of the German army in the Balkans launch Operation Laufer, the aim of which is to bring fuel to military vehicles in order to begin the retreat to Germany.
But first they have to disable the Sarajevo resistance movement led by the mysterious illegal Walter. While the German intelligence officer Kondor (Dragomir Gidra Bojanić) enters the resistance movement posing as Valter, the real Valter discovers the German plan.
Illegals headed by the mysterious Pilot (Velimir Bata Živojinović) arrive in Sarajevo with the task of discovering the Condor.
RECORDING LOCATIONS THROUGH TIME
How the filming locations have changed over time, see this video from the eda-Ra channel:
The band Zabranjeno pušenje called their first album “Das ist Walter”, in honor of the movie. The first song from the album has a soundtrack from the end of the movie
Famous lines from the film that are repeated over and over again are: “The archer calls the Condor”, “I’m waiting for you at five by the Bey’s mosque”, “The air flickers as if the sky is on fire”.
The last dialogue in the film between a German army officer (von Dietrich) and a Gestapo officer (Wilder) is very well known:
- von Dietrich: “Merkwürdig! Seit ich in Sarajevo bin, suche ich Walter und finde ihn nicht. Und jetzt, wenn ich gehen muss, weiss ich wer er ist” / “Since I’ve been in Sarajevo, I’ve been looking for Valter and I can’t find him. It’s only now that I’m leaving that I realize who he is.”
- Wilder: “Sie wissen wer Walter ist?! Sagen Sie mir sofort seinen Namen!” / “Do you know who Walter is?! Tell me his name now!”
- von Dietrich: “Ich werde ihn Ihnen zeigen… Sehen Sie diese Stadt? Das ist Walter!/ “I’ll show it to you… Do you see this city (the camera shows Sarajevo)? It’s Walter”
For younger generations, the full movie is available on the following video:
Source: akta.ba
