Nikoletina Bursać

Nikoletina Bursać is a 1964 Yugoslavian film directed by Branko Bauer. It is based on a famous novel by the Bosnian Serb writer Branko Ćopić.[1] Both the novel and the film describe the adventures of a Yugoslav Partisan machine-gunner Nikola "Nikoletina" Bursać, a tough man with a noble and gentle heart.[2]

Plot

The film follows the life and wartime encounters of Nikoletina Bursać as he engages in an imaginary dialogue with a statue of his late son. We see Nikoletina joining the partisans and starting a relationship with Erna, a Jewish girl who survived the massacre of her village.

References

  1. ↑ "Nikoletina Bursać". hrfilm.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Film Association. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Doživljaji Nikoletine Bursaća" (in Serbian). Lektire.rs. Retrieved 30 September 2017.