Innocence Unprotected
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This utterly unclassifiable film is one of Makavejev’s most freewheeling farces, assembled from the “lost” footage of the first Serbian talkie, a silly melodrama titled Innocence Unprotected, made during the Nazi occupation; contemporary interviews with the megaman who made it and other crew members; and images of the World War II destruction, and subsequent rebuilding, of Belgrade. And at its center is a (real-life) character you won’t soon forget: Dragoljub Aleksic, an acrobat, locksmith, and Houdini-style escape artist whom Makavejev uses as the absurd and wondrous basis for a look back at his country’s tumultuous recent history.
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Cast
- Dragoljub Aleksic
- Himself
- Ana Milosavljevic
- Orphan Nada
- Vera Jovanovic-Segvic
- Wicked stepmother
- Bratoljub Gligorijevic
- Petrovic
- Ivan Zivkovic
- Aleksic's brother
- Pera Milosavljevic
- Servant
Credits
- Director
- Dušan Makavejev
- Screenplay
- Dušan Makavejev
- Producer
- Bosko Savic
- Cinematography
- Branko Perak
- Cinematography for Aleksic's film
- Stevan Miskovic
- Editing
- Ivanka Vukasović
- Assistant director
- Branko Vucicevic
- Music
- Vojislav Kostic
- Lyrics
- Aleksander Popovic
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