Square of Violence

{{Short description|1961 film by Leonardo Bercovici}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Square of Violence | image = Square of Violence poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Leonardo Bercovici | producer = Leonardo Bercovici Aleksandar Sekulović | writer = Eric Bercovici Leonardo Bercovici | starring = Broderick Crawford Valentina Cortese Branko Pleša Bibi Andersson Anita Björk | music = Dusan Radic | cinematography = Aleksandar Sekulovic | editing = Roberto Cinquini Olga Skrigin | studio = Lovcen Film | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1961|7|26|Yugoslavia|1963|12|8|United States}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = United States Yugoslavia | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3849/square-of-violence|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202049/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3849/Square-of-Violence/|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|title=Square of Violence (1963) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=1 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/square-of-violence/2030002873|title=Square Of Violence|work=TV Guide|accessdate=14 November 2023}}</ref>

==Plot== 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.

==Cast== *Broderick Crawford as Dr. Stefan Bernardi *Valentina Cortese as Erica Bernardi *Branko Plesa as Major Kohler *Bibi Andersson as Maria *Anita Björk as Sophia *Bert Sotlar as Partisan Leader *Dragomir Felba as Serafin *Viktor Starcic as German Commandant *Nikola Simic as Radio Operator Yugoslav People's Army and Captain First Class Dragiša Blagojevic

==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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mojnovisad.com/vesti/na-kojim-lokacijama-u-gradu-su-snimani-poznati-svetski-filmovi-foto-video-id19811.html|title=Na kojim lokacijama u gradu su snimani poznati svetski filmovi|publisher=mojnovisad.com |date=3 January 2018 |access-date= 25 April 2024|language=Serbian}}</ref>

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Category:1961 films Category:American drama films Category:1961 drama films Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Category:Films shot in Yugoslavia Category:Films shot in Serbia Category:Films shot in Novi Sad Category:Films about the Italian campaign (World War II) Category:Films set in Yugoslavia Category:1961 English-language films Category:1961 American films Category:English-language drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Yugoslav drama films Category:Yugoslav black-and-white films