Valter Brani Sarajevo (Walter Defends Sarajevo)

“Valter Defends Sarajevo” is a war film from Bosnia and Herzegovina directed by Hajrudin Krvavac in 1972. Alongside Bulajić’s “Battle of the Neretva,” it is likely the most well-known and popular film of the partisan-war genre made in socialist Yugoslavia.

The role of Valter as a character is a free interpretation of the biography of the real anti-fascist fighter and commander of Sarajevo’s underground resistance during World War II, Vladimir Perić Valter, who was also a member of the intelligence services of former Yugoslavisn