The Day That Shook the World
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“The fuse is lit . . . the seconds tick away . . .”
An historical depiction of the events preceding the political murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, would-be emperor of the Austro-Hungarian throne, in Sarajevo on June 28th, 1914.
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Cast
123 people
Christopher Plummer
Archduke Ferdinand
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Florinda Bolkan
Sophie
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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
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Maximilian Schell
Đuro Šarac
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The Black Hole
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Irfan Mensur
Gavrilo Princip
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Radoš Bajić
Nedeljko Čabrinović
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Vuk Karadžić
Jan Hrušínský
Trifko
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Zelary
Branko Đurić
Danilo Ilic
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Libuše Šafránková
Jelena
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Kolya
Ivan Vyskočil
Mehmedbašić
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Charles Millot
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Otomar Korbelář
Emperor Franz Joseph
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Jana Švandová
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Veljko Bulajić Director · Paul Jarrico Screenplay Stevan Bulajić Screenplay
Director
Veljko Bulajić
Screenplay
Paul Jarrico
Screenplay Story
Stevan Bulajić
Screenplay
Vladimír Bor
Story
Ratko Đurović
Composer
Juan Carlos Calderón
Composer
Luboš Fišer
Cinematographer
Jan Čuřík
Editor
Roger Dwyre
Production designer
Bohumil Pokorný
Production designer
Vlado Branković
Costume designer
Jan Kropáček
Costume designer
Branko Hundić
United States release January 23, 1977 · Produced in XC, Serbia, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia & Herzegovina · Languages Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Jadran film
Production
Barrandov Studios
Studio · Production
Kinema Sarajevo
Production
XC · Serbia · Croatia · Czechia · Hungary · Germany · Bosnia & Herzegovina
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Sarajevski atentat
Original language
Serbo-Croatian
Spoken on screen
Bosnian · Croatian · Czech · Serbian · Serbo-Croatian
Release dates
Serbia · October 31, 1975
Theatrical
United States · January 23, 1977
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
Argentina
January 25, 1979 · Theatrical
Colombia
May 18, 1978 · Theatrical
Croatia
October 23, 2014 · Premiere · Zagreb Film Festival
Czechia
October 1, 2007 · Physical · DVD
Germany
December 23, 1976 · Theatrical · West Germany
January 13, 1978 · Theatrical · East Germany
Hungary
October 5, 1978 · Theatrical
Poland
November 26, 1977 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 3, 1977 · Theatrical
Romania
October 3, 1977 · Theatrical
XC
June 17, 1976 · Premiere · Filmový festival pracujících
July 23, 1976 · Theatrical
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