Cinema of Yugoslavia
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Cinema of Yugoslavia was the cinema of Yugoslavia. Acclaimed film directors included Dušan Makavejev and Emir Kusturica.
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SFR Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had an internationally acclaimed film industry. Prominent male actors included Danilo Bata Stojković, Ljuba Tadić, Bekim Fehmiu, Fabijan Šovagović, Mustafa Nadarević, Bata Živojinović, Boris Dvornik, Ljubiša Samardžić, Dragan Nikolić and Rade Šerbedžija, while Milena Dravić, Neda Arnerić, Mira Furlan and Ena Begović were notable actresses. Acclaimed film directors included: Emir Kusturica, Dušan Makavejev, Goran Marković, Lordan Zafranović, Goran Paskaljević, Živojin Pavlović and Hajrudin Krvavac. Many Yugoslav films featured eminent foreign actors such as Orson Welles and Yul Brynner in the Academy Award nominated The Battle of Neretva, and Richard Burton in Sutjeska. Also, many foreign films were shot on locations in Yugoslavia including domestic crews, such as Force 10 from Navarone starring Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw and Franco Nero, Armour of God starring Jackie Chan, as well as Escape from Sobibor starring Alan Arkin, Joanna Pacula and Rutger Hauer. Pula Film Festival was a notable film festival. Film companies included Jadran film from Zagreb, SR Croatia; Avala film from Belgrade, SR Serbia; Sutjeska film and Studio film from Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina; Zeta film from Budva, SR Montenegro; Vardar film and Makedonija film from Skopje, SR Macedonia and others.
Films
- The Battle of Neretva
- Do You Remember Dolly Bell?
- Ko to tamo peva
- Lude godine
- The Marathon Family
- Time of the Gypsies
- Tko pjeva zlo ne misli
- When Father Was Away on Business
- I Even Met Happy Gypsies
- Kelly's Heroes
- Captain America (1991 film)
- Armour of God
- A Corpse Hangs in the Web
- Le Prix du Danger
- High Road to China
- Transylvania 6-5000 (1985 film)
- Genghis Khan (1965 film)
- The Trial (1962 film)
- W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
- The Long Ships (film)
- Taras Bulba (1962 film)
- Escape from Sobibor
- Score (film)
- Old Shatterhand (film)
- Winnetou film series
- Kapò
Television
See also
- Cinema of Bosnia-Herzegovina
- Cinema of Croatia
- Cinema of the Republic of Macedonia
- Cinema of Montenegro
- Cinema of Serbia
- Cinema of Slovenia