''The Man Who Defended Gavrilo Princip'' ( sr, Branio sam Mladu Bosnu) is a 2014 Serbian film directed by

Srđan Koljević Srđan Koljević (born 31 December 1966) is a Serbian screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography References External links * 1966 births Living people Film people from Sarajevo Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina Serbian sc ...

. It was one of six films shortlisted by Serbia to be their submission for the

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at the

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, but it lost out to ''

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''. The film is based on the true story of the

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, were assassinated on 28 June 1914 by Bosnian Serb student Gavrilo Princip. They were shot at close range while b ...

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* 2014 drama films Films about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Serbian drama films World War I films Films set in the 1910s Courtroom films Films about assassinations Cultural depictions of Gavrilo Princip Films set in Sarajevo {{Serbia-film-stub