Cinema of Yugoslavia

The Cinema of Yugoslavia refers to the film industry and cinematic output of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which existed from 1945 until it disintegrated into several independent nations in the early 1990s. Yugoslavia was a multi-ethnic, socialist state, and its cinema reflected the diversity of its population, as well as the political and cultural shifts that occurred during its existence.

Overview

The

SR Slovenia

and others.

Prominent male

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 Pacuła and Rutger Hauer

. Pula Film Festival was a notable film festival.

partisans as main protagonists, while antagonists are Axis

forces and their collaborators. Outside Yugoslavia, Partisan films were especially popular in China.

The

former Yugoslavia

, founded in 1949 in Belgrade.