Pogačić 's filmmaking career began in 1949 with '' The Factory Story '' ( Serbo-Croat : '' Priča o fabrici '' ) , after which he went on to become one of the most prolific Yugoslav film authors of the 1950s . He directed several landmark films of Yugoslav cinema : '' The Last Day '' ( '' Poslednji dan '' , 1951 ) , which is considered the first Yugoslav spy film ; '' Legends of Anika '' ( '' Anikina vremena '' , 1954 ) , a film based on Ivo Andrić 's story , which was the first Yugoslav film distributed in the United States , and '' Big and Small '' ( '' Veliki i mali '' , 1956 ) , which was the first Yugoslav feature film to win an international prize , as it won Pogačić the Best Director award at the 1957 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival . In addition , his 1953 film '' Perfidy '' was screened at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival in the international competition program
1953 Cannes Film Festival
1953 Cannes Film Festival
Vladimir Pogačić