Cinema Komunisto

Film history

is history of power

of creating a history.

Tito Party

Get ready.

This is the story,

of one country,

that no longer exists.

Except on the film.

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

The cinematography

had priority importance,

within a scope of then Yugoslavia.

We were one of the leading

cinematographies in Europe.

Steva Petrovic

assistant director

Film town was built by

the state of Yugoslavia.

We had big chances.

Worked side by side

with renowned world directors,

we produced great world decors,

and the world great films.

Veljko Despotovic

Scenographer

What's the time?

Time of revolution.

I founded the Association

of Film Actors of Serbia,

and also the Association

of Film Actors of Yugoslavia.

It was wirtten on the door:

"If you don't think you are the best,

don't come in. "

Bata Zivojinovic

film actor

Today the film is much

different, than it was before.

The impact of the film was

enormous.

Film was a powerful weapon

of propaganda and so on.

Gile Djuric

studio director

Every country and every government

enforces it's own themes.

It was like that. And it always will be.

That every power

promotes itself.

I think that formula of the film

is to be fair to the theme.

Fairness of the film can be

best seen by how long it lasts.

That is the first

and only law of the film.

Veljko Bulajic

film director

On a photograph is Tito,

the bandit leader.

Josip Broz Tito,

born in Kumrovec,

on 25th of May, 1892.

Comrade Tito, call his eagles to war.

Josip Broz Tito

Marshal of Yugoslavia.

Comrade president Tito,

I was your cinematography

projectionist, for 32 years.

I am grateful for everything.

It's wrong.

Leka Konstantinovic.

Tito's projectionist

Berlin is down!

Berlin kaputt!

Hitler kaputt!

Berlin is down.

Brcko-Banovci

Our victory.

The end of war.

May 1945

The year 1945 will stay

in remembrance.

Justice came,

for which we fought.

Everything will be gratious

in new Yugoslavia.

The whole country will be

happy.

Beginning of new

Yugoslavia!

Comrades, the war is over.

But the revolution continues!

Our people's revolution!

Yugoslavia was in war

from 1941 till 1945.

The whole country was in ruins.

Belgrade was destroyed

three times by bombs.

In 1946 and 1947

230 km of railway was built.

All that was built by youth.

Of course, not only the youth.

For the first week we

exceeded the norm by 70 percent!

I was also there,

mainly as an organizer.

Steady! To the right!

Forward, march!

We slept in the barracks.

In order to demonstrate courage,

we slept on the boards.

We didn't want blankets nor paliasse.

We were like that.

We liked to work for our country.

Part of the middle class,

are skeptical about this feat of ours.

They can't understand

that our 5 socialist years

is like their 55.

If it is required my Comrades

we will work day and night.

Our country expects that from us.

Along with this struggle

on 1-May, 1947 in Belgrade.

The construction

of the film town started.

Vlasta Gavrik.

Scenogrpaher

In 1951 it will have seven

modern studios and other objects.

It will represent adequate technical base,

for the realization of major

tasks of Yugoslavian cinema.

Central film studio, Avala film.

When I came to the film town,

it looked something like this paper.

A huge field.

That was the beggining

of our cinema.

When nobody knew how to

construct a film town.

The Engineer, uncle George will

explain to you about the assignment.

Hello, youngsters.

What can I tell you?

Do you see that hill? -Yes.

Let's go.

It began by plan

of the construction

of big studios three x three.

The buildings for tone and editing.

The building for carpentry workshop.

A little further, on the right side

is the building for wardrobe.

Apartments for the actors.

Premises for the mask.

Today's reception desk is at the

entrance to the Avala film.

Here is the entrance gate.

This is a piece of asphalt road.

It was 300m long,

everybody was proud of it.

Good afternoon. Avala film.

How may I help you?

Good afternoon.

Yes, what do you need?

Just a moment,

hang on please.

Yes we've reached

a decision.

Ranko Petric.

The director of Avala Film

85 percent.

Through our privatisation.

Avala film was formed

as the central film studio

on Yugoslav Government's decision.

Here is the decision,

which was signed by the PM,

Marshal of Yugoslavia,

Josip Broz Tito.

For the party.

The whole concept was the

central film place in Yugoslavia.

That 30-50 films should be filmed

in the first five years.

That didn't happen.

Only Studio no. 1 was built.

It is one of the largest

studios in Europe.

That dimensions exceeded

the possibilities.

Of financing and

also personnel.

The idea of socialism is

like the idea of the God.

Those are great ideas

which must be supported.

Film town can not be built

just like that.

We are aware that we

will have a lot of difficulties.

Until our workers overcome the obstacles,

that are derived from

our backwardness.

They understand that the expansion

of socialism is in their own interest.

That it can be achieved

only with the creative enthusiasm.

This new, better life that

our people work with their own hands.

That is socialism.

Led by our Party and Comrade Tito.

We heard that from Lenin

and Rusov.

That film is an important category

of state and the party propaganda.

Can anybody show on the globe

where is Mother Russia?

I know.

Which Russian you like the most?

- Comrade Stalin.

The first attempt to

produce a film

was collaboration with the MOSFILM,

from Soviet Union.

A scene was filmed on

Belgrade city square,

where people carried large portraits of

Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin.

and much smaller portraits

of Josip Broz Tito.

Josip Broz was the alpha and omega of that war.

This is due to the terrible delusion.

It all flared to terrible

proportions.

Tito refuses obedience to Stalin.

May 1948

They want to erase the glory of

our people and their heroic fight.

Stalin threats by invasion

on Yugoslavia, June 1948.

Bureau of fraternal communist countries.

Informs on the state of communist parties

of Yugoslavia.

Big problems arised.

There was a conflict with the

East European countries.

They attack us from all sides.

Titoism - betrayal of socialism.

Russia wanted absolute domination.

If they dominate one whole country,

they will ask for other conditions.

Do you support Tito or Stalin?

- De Gaull

Whole my life I praise Stalin.

Now you want to take his picture off.

Wait Straia, maybe we should

remove the other picture.

Consequence of the resolution

of Inform-Bureau.

The withdrawal of Soviet films

from our distribution.

You don't have right

Comrade Stalin.

This is what we tell you the people!

Later on the unit was formed.

Their task was to provide

movies from the other side.

That means, mostly from

Hollywood production.

"Tarzan triumphs"

I am on the right side.

The leader is on the right side.

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