The Sun Is Far Away ( / ) is a 1953 Yugoslav war film directed by Radoà ¡ Novakoviàand starring Branko Pleà ¡a, Rade Markoviàand Dragomir Felba. It is a Partisan film, the dominant genre in immediate post-war Yugoslav cinema. During the Second World War, a group of Yugoslav Partisans battle against occupying Bulgarian and German forces.