Innocence Unprotected

Name: Innocence Unprotected
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1942-01-01
Rating: 5.9

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Storyline

In 1942, in Nazi-occupied Belgrade, locksmith and acrobat Dragoljub Aleksić wrote, produced, directed and starred in Nevinost bez zaštite, the first sound feature film made in Serbia. It is a thrilling action picture with musical numbers and prolonged sequences of Aleksić's acrobatic stunts. Nevinost bez zaštite was never released due to the Nazi censors. "Gentlemen, I assure you the entire Yugoslavian cinema came out of my navel. In fact, I have made certain inquiries, and I am in a position to state positively that the entire Bulgarian cinema came out of my navel as well."

Details

DirectorDragoljub Aleksić

ReleasedJan 1, 1942

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

5 fresh · 0 rotten

Roger Ebert

RTChicago Sun-TimesJul 3, 2018

... One of the most delightful films I've ever seen, and one of the hardest to describe: It's funny, tragic, filled at one moment with black humor and at the next with disarming naivete and in form and style totally original.

Tom Milne

RTTime OutFeb 9, 2006

Makavejev's third film, an entrancing collage using excerpts from the first Serbian talkie, a hilariously nave melodrama made in occupied Belgrade in 1942 with film stock stolen from the Germans.

Roger Greenspun

RTNew York TimesMay 9, 2005

I value Makavejev's extraordinary insights into ordinary affairs and his gentle juggling act with Acrobat Aleksic.

Penelope Houston

RTThe SpectatorJul 11, 2018

It's a bold and rather winning curiosity: an obscure Balkan footnote to filth 'history, decked out in spangles and annotated with its own footnotes.