ARHIVSKI VJESNIK 51. (ZAGREB, 2008)

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out, threatening to disturb successful showing of the film in the cinemas across the country. One particular thing was really problematic: newspaper advertising of the film itself. Namely, somebody (non)intentionally disregarded the fact that the advertisement could have double meaning when published without pointing out that it was the ad for the film - not for the soviet secret service G.P.U., forerunner of the renowned K.G.B. That mistake caused a large-scale rage amongst the heads of the propagandistic departments, causing complete G.P.U.'s ad redesign. Besides the realized one, Croatian State Archives holds in its collections the printing mould of the G.P.U.'s original ad, behind which was hidden a completely different propagandistic agenda. Key words: film propaganda, G.P.U., Karl Ritter, Independent State of Croatia, advertisement, German film Translated by Rajka Bućin