The bridge about which a movie was made. Not just one!

During the war in 1944, a large bridge located in the central part of Bosnia and Herzegovina became an important strategic point for the German army, and they were ready to completely take control of that region with the largest possible forces. Therefore, the partisan command made a decision that the bridge must be demolished at all costs, and the performance of this task was entrusted to an extremely capable saboteur called Tigar and a group of his comrades.

This is how the fable of the movie MOST from 1969 begins, also known for the fact that it used the old partisan song Bella Ciao, which became a hit again after it was used in the series La Casa de Papel. However, in reality, it was not about a bridge in Bosnia and Herzegovina but about a bridge on Đurđevića Tara in Montenegro.

Bridge on Đurđevića Tara – Photo: Alexander / Pixabay

The Đurđevića Tara Bridge is a concrete arch bridge on the Tara river in the north of Montenegro. It was designed by Mijat Trojanović, work began in 1937 and was completed in the fall of 1940.  At the time of completion, it was the largest automobile concrete arch bridge in Europe. It has five arches, and the main arch which spans for 116 m. During the construction of this unusual bridge, the highest wooden scaffolding in the world was erected. Shortly after opening, the building fell into the hands of the occupiers during the Second World War in Yugoslavia. The bridge was rebuilt immediately after the war in 1946.

But that’s not all! The bridge was also used as a backdrop for some scenes in the 1978 British action film Force 10 from Navarone.