Banović Strahinja (film)

Banovic Strahinja
Directed by Vatroslav Mimica
Written by Aleksandar Petrović (screenplay),
Vatroslav Mimica (screenplay)
Starring Franco Nero, Gert Fröbe
Rade Šerbedžija,
Dragan Nikolić,
Sanja Vejnović,
Kole Angelovski,
Stole Aranđelović,
Neda Spasojević,
Janez Vrhovec,
Radoš Bajić
Music by Alfi Kabiljo
Distributed by Soundfilm München (1982)
Release date(s) 30 March 1983 (West Germany)
Country Yugoslavia
Language Serbo-Croatian

Banovic Strahinja (US: The Falcon - video title) is a 1983 Yugoslavian film.

Plot

During the late 14th century Serbia becomes the target of the Ottoman Empire. While the respected Serbian noble Strahinja Banovic is out hunting, a Turkish renegade gang burns his castle, kills all of his servants, and takes the young wife of Banovic Strahinja. Strahinja begins a long quest to rescue his wife despite everybody else's doubts in her fidelity. Strahinja gathers a posse of scoundrels and goes after the bandits. In the meantime, the Turkish bandit Alija tries to seduce Strahinja's wife Andja, but she refuses him. However, over a period of time she begins to weaken.

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