Why Is Partisan War Movies Played An Important Role In Formation Of People's Federal Republic Of Yugoslavia?

Partisan war movies played an important role in the process of forming of People’s Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. Many believed they were just portraying partisan’s war victories, which is true in some way, but beneath the surface, there is much more to it. Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav’s supreme commander and president, was in need of a national myth which would glue his nation together and war movies were the best in the business to do so. National myth was “unity and brotherhood”, phrase which could often be heard throughout the movies, but also in Tito’s speeches and written on public institutions. Movies were successful, Yugoslavia “glued together”, but real question is what the real purpose of the movies was and how they came to be?
First of all, time is always an important factor
It was the period of World War 2, from 1941 to 1945; Nazi Germany, together with Croatian Ustaša, fighting against the multi – ethnic Yugoslav partisan on the Balkans. It was the Partisans against everybody, facing opposition from all sides and ultimately, through courage and Tito’s military genius, the ones who prevailed in the end. The sacrifice was immense. More than one million died fighting the Nazis, with many more wounded or missing.
Shortly after the liberation of Belgrade in 1944 followed by of Yugoslavia in 1945, a Committee for Cinematography was established with Aleksandar Vučo as its leader. He was the figure behind the manifesto of the partisan cinema, document that is of utmost importance if we are to understand the development of the genre. First of the four key points advises the filmmakers to base their movies on the principles of socialist realism i.e. there should be a certain pattern which the movies should follow in portraying the war heroes.