Square of Violence

Square of Violence (1961)

Set in Italy, the story takes place in this very country, during WW2, where German occupation army ruled everything, just before the allied forces came, in 1944. Crawford plays here a doctor whose son has been shot by the Germans. Of course he has no more taste in life. He continues his work as a German officers' physician. One day, he throws a bomb just in the middle of German troops. Many soldiers and officers are killed. Some time later, the lead officer of the Nazis troops suspects the doctor to be the responsible of the explosion. He lets him know that he himself knows...

Date of release
1961-01-01
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 36m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
Leonardo Bercovici

Casting

Interesting facts

Square of Violence is a 1961 drama film directed by Leonardo Bercovici and written by Eric Bercovici and Leonardo Bercovici. The film, shot in Yugoslavia, stars Broderick Crawford, Valentina Cortese, Branko Pleša, Bibi Andersson and Anita Björk. The film was released on July 7, 1961, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Production

The film was shot in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (modern day Serbia). The titular square is the Freedom Square in Stari Grad neighborhood, one of the most visited tourist spots in the city. The statue of Svetozar Miletić was obscured to have an appearance of an obelisk with a swastika on it.

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