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THE CINE-TECHNICIAN
July-August, 1952
Kekec
FILMS in YUGOSLAVIA
A Report by Peter Hoyle
AFTER two nights on the train from Paris, I arrived in Belgrade. I did not speak a word of the language and there was no one to meet me. A porter who spoke a little German realised I had something to do with film studios, and tying my heavy suitcases round his neck, we went to find a studio. At ten o'clock in the morning it was hot enough to melt the tar in the streets, which got steeper the further we walked. We went to the small studio in the town. It was closed. We went to the Film Production offices. They also were closed. It was a public holiday. Finally we got to the Minist ry of Information, and there a charming and apologetic young man directed us to the hotel at which a reservation had been made. At the hotel the porter demanded his tip of £3 10s. The hotel clerk said that £2 would be enough, and the porter was escorted, protesting, to the door, with all the money I had left.
It was not until several days later that I first went to the Central Studios, at the future Film City a few miles from Belgrade. These are the largest studios in the country. They are available to the film production companies of the six republics into which Yugoslavia is divided, in addition to their own local studios. Although production is being carried on regularly, the studio is not yet completed. Building is slow owing to the shortage of manpower, and the needs of other industries. At present, one stage about 150 ft. by 100 ft. is completed and a second should be completed this year. The administrative block and some cutting rooms are also ready. The Central Film Laboratory is here as well, and has good processing equipment (DeBrie) but unfortunately not a good control department. The sound insulation of the studio is poor, and " heraklit " for inside surfaces of the walls is a disadvantage of many