Notre Camarade Tito (2011)

A Documentary by Robin Hunzinger on the story by ‘Tito’s little Pioneer’ Sabina.

Sabina discovers the story behind The Greatness of Josip Broz Tito. An epic time in history which revives many nostalgic feelings in the former citizens of Yugoslavia.

The horrendous Balkan war after the death of the Great Tito, has burst the dream of many. A dream of slavic people living together in harmony.
This dream still lives in many, and people keep reminiscing Tito after 28 years. But what made Tito so great? Why do people keep longing for the old Yugoslavia?

38 year old Sabina, living in Sarajevo is discovering these nostalgic feelings of her hero Druze Josip broz Tito and the reasoning behind it.

I was very excited about the documentary on Tito after dealing with the same questions as Sabina. I’m not even born in the time of Tito’s reign, but even I’m longing for the times of Tito.

Unfortunatly the documentary did not seem to furfill it’s purpose. A slightly messed up structure and a mash up of information on Tito, from relevant to irrelevant notions of his reign, jumping from one to another. From Tito’s cockatoo, his relationships with moviestars, Richard Burton, to a direct jump-over to Goli Otok and the Balkan War did personally not work for me.

Eventhough I know why people long for Tito, the answer is short, I always look for more answers and reasoning behind this longing for Tito and this documentary did not gave me any more information.

But discover it for yourself.

Notre Camarade Tito

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