The Unemployed

1968 Yugoslavia film

The Unemployed

Directed by| Želimir Žilnik
Written by| Želimir Žilnik
Cinematography| Petar Latinović
Edited by| Milica Poličević
Music by| Dušan Ninkov

Production
company

Neoplanta Film

Release date

* 27 February 1968 (1968-02-27)

Running time

| 10 minutes
Country| Yugoslavia
Language| Serbo-Croatian

The Unemployed (Serbo-Croatian: Nezaposleni ljudi) is a 1968 Yugoslav short documentary film directed by Želimir Žilnik.[1][2] The film focuses on the issue of unemployment in socialist Yugoslavia.[3] It belongs to the Yugoslav Black Wave.[4][5]

## Content

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The film deals with the social position and issues faced by the unemployed populace in Yugoslavia. It shows the life of several unemployed men temporarily living in a collective accommodation provided by the employment office. The director interviews them on the street and inside their accommodation; they discuss societal inequality, the red bourgeoisie, differences in salaries and the housing situation among the homeless. The short ends with an unemployed man hitting himself in the head with a stone while another recites Aleksa Šantić's poem Stay here (Ostajte ovdje).

## References

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1. ^ "Želimir Žilnik - Redatelji/ce". Art-kino Croatia (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
2. ^ The Unemployed - IMDb
3. ^ "Nezaposleni ljudi | Želimir Žilnik". www.zilnikzelimir.net (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2024-08-29.
4. ^ Matković, Aleksandar (2021). "Social deviations and the "black wave" of Yugoslav cinematography: Multiperspectivity of deviance". Civitas. 11 (1): 36–67. doi:10.5937/civitas2101036m. ISSN 2217-4958.
5. ^ "Najbolji Filmovi Jugoslovenskog Crnog Talasa". IGN Adria (in Serbo-Croatian). 2023-07-31. Retrieved 2024-08-29.

## External links

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* Nezaposleni ljudi at IMDb