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Documentary about the history of Yugoslavian cinema and Marshal Josip Broz Tito's connection to it. A film lover himself, Tito supported the industry and filmmakers, enabling soldiers to work as extras and Hollywood stars and directors to use the country for location shoots. However, following Tito's death the industry went into decline with studios and workers going out of business. The film features interview footage of Tito's personal projectionist Leka Konstantinovic, as well as other movie professionals from that prosperous time.

Please note this is a region 2 DVD and will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play.  The award-winning documentary Cinema Komunisto takes us on a fascinating journey through the crumbling remains of Tito's film industry, exploring the rise and fall of the former Yugoslavia through the movies made under its Communist leader. Using rare footage from dozens of forgotten Yugoslav films and never-before-seen archive from film sets and Tito's private screenings, the film recreates the story of a country that has since disappeared. Richard Burton, Sophia Loren and Orson Welles star in super-productions financed by the state and we meet those closest to Tito: the personal projectionist who showed him films every night for 30 years; his favourite film director and actor; and the studio boss, with links to the secret police. All tell how the history of Yugoslavia was constructed on the screen. When reality has a different script to your films, who wouldn t invent a country to fool themselves?