Innocence Unprotected

1968, 1h 19min

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.

"Innocence Unprotected" — drama, comedy and documentary movie produced in Yugoslavia and released in 1968. It has a great rating on IMDb: 7.1 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 19min. "Innocence Unprotected" is currently available to stream on The Criterion Channel. Click on a playlink to watch it now!

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