med ▁at ▁the ▁studio ▁were ▁Italian - produ ced ▁Bib lic al ▁B ▁mov ies ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁most ▁not ably ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁release ▁David ▁and ▁G oli ath ▁which ▁star red ▁Or son ▁W elles ▁as ▁King ▁Sa ul ▁and ▁I v ica ▁P aj er ▁as ▁David . ▁ ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁benef ited ▁from ▁these ▁early ▁co - produ ctions ▁as ▁Italian ▁produ cers ▁helped ▁the ▁company ▁establish ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁auxili ary ▁depart ments ▁which ▁provided ▁st un ts , ▁horses , ▁set ▁construction ▁and ▁ex tras ▁for ▁large - scale ▁historical ▁films ▁which ▁were ▁popular ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁so ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁stud ios ▁soon ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁used ▁rout in ely ▁for ▁film ing ▁scenes ▁dep ict ing ▁An cient ▁Rome , ▁Vik ing ▁villages , ▁Jerusalem ▁or ▁Wild ▁West . ▁Another ▁advantage ▁which ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁had ▁was ▁that ▁local ▁hot els ▁were ▁consider ably ▁che aper ▁compared ▁to ▁elsewhere ▁in ▁Europe ▁so ▁Zag reb ▁became ▁a ▁preferred ▁choice ▁for ▁foreign ▁produ ctions ▁employ ing ▁large ▁film ▁cre ws . ▁ ▁The ▁Y ug oslav - G erman - produ ced ▁screen ▁adapt ations ▁of ▁the ▁Win net ou ▁book ▁series ▁set ▁in ▁the ▁Wild ▁West ▁were ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁well - known ▁produ ctions ▁made ▁at ▁J ad ran ▁Film . ▁The ▁series , ▁consisting ▁of ▁ 1 1 ▁films ▁shot ▁between ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁and ▁