Introduction

The 1960s bear the flattering title of being the “Golden Age” of Yugoslav cinema. This is due to several reasons: the 1960s were the period when the relatively young Yugoslav film industry, whose studio system was established only after the end of World War Two, reached an unprecedentedly high level of productivity, with a fully diversified genre system largely influenced by Hollywood models, with a widening audience for its popular pieces, and with the capacity to produce genuine blockbusters, foremost partisan spectacles. Furthermore, this was the decade when Yugoslav cinema achieved wide international recognition, with its productions winning prizes at major film festivals, such as those in Cannes and Berlin.