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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Square of Violence<br />
| image = Square of Violence poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Theatrical release poster<br />
| director = [[Leonardo Bercovici]] <br />
| producer = Leonardo Bercovici<br>[[Aleksandar Sekulović]]<br />
| writer = [[Eric Bercovici]]<br>Leonardo Bercovici <br />
| starring = [[Broderick Crawford]]<br>[[Valentina Cortese]]<br>[[Branko Pleša]]<br>[[Bibi Andersson]]<br>[[Anita Björk]]<br />
| music = [[Dusan Radic]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Aleksandar Sekulovic]]<br />
| editing = [[Roberto Cinquini]]<br>Olga Skrigin <br />
| studio = Lovcen Film<br />
| distributor = [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|1961|7|26|Yugoslavia|1963|12|8|United States}}<br />
| runtime = 96 minutes<br />
| country = United States<br>Yugoslavia<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''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=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/3849/Square-of-Violence/|title=Square of Violence (1963) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|accessdate=1 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/square-of-violence/118802|title=Square Of Violence|work=TV Guide|accessdate=1 December 2022}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
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.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Broderick Crawford]] as Dr. Stefan Bernardi<br />
*[[Valentina Cortese]] as Erica Bernardi<br />
*Branko Plesa as Major Kohler<br />
*[[Bibi Andersson]] as Maria<br />
*[[Anita Björk]] as Sophia<br />
*Bert Sotlar as Partisan Leader<br />
*Dragomir Felba as Serafin<br />
*[[Viktor Starčić|Viktor Starcic]] as German Commandant<br />
*Nikola Simic as Radio Operator<br />
Yugoslav People's Army and Captain First Class Dragiša Blagojevic<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0055473|Square of Violence}}<br />
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[[Category:1961 films]]<br />
[[Category:American drama films]]<br />
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[[Category:Italian Campaign of World War II films]]<br />
[[Category:Films set in Yugoslavia]]<br />
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s American films]]<br />
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