3 , ▁ ▁British ▁Produ cer ▁Fu ad ▁K av ur ▁brought ▁to ▁J ad ran ▁Mem ed , ▁My ▁Haw k , ▁because ▁the ▁film ing ▁of ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁b anned ▁in ▁Turkey ▁where ▁the ▁original ▁novel ▁takes ▁place . ▁Mem ed ▁My ▁Haw k ▁star red ▁Peter ▁U st in ov ▁who ▁also ▁directed ▁the ▁film . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s , ▁amid ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁commun ism , ▁break up ▁of ▁Y ug oslav ia , ▁and ▁the ▁en su ing ▁Cro at ian ▁War ▁of ▁Independ ence , ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁lost ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁advantages ▁it ▁offered ▁and ▁foreign ▁film ▁produ ctions ▁began ▁to ▁shift ▁towards ▁other ▁post - comm un ist ▁countries ▁which ▁could ▁offer ▁experienced ▁film ▁techn icians ▁and ▁compar atively ▁che aper ▁locations ▁to ▁Western ▁produ ctions . ▁J ad ran ▁Film ▁experienced ▁a ▁down fall , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁employees ▁sh rank ▁from ▁ 3 0 0 ▁to ▁ 8 0 ▁and ▁film ▁equipment ▁and ▁sets ▁owned ▁by ▁the ▁company ▁fell ▁into ▁dis rep air ▁as ▁maintenance ▁work ▁effectively ▁ceased . ▁In ▁addition , ▁the ▁priv at ization ▁of ▁the ▁once ▁state - owned ▁company ▁also ▁contributed ▁to ▁J ad ran ▁Film ' s ▁problems . ▁ ▁The ▁huge ▁plot ▁of ▁land ▁in ▁Dub ra va ▁in ▁the ▁eastern ▁part ▁of ▁Zag reb ▁which ▁was ▁once ▁used ▁to ▁build ▁film ▁sets ▁was ▁sold ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁turned ▁into ▁a ▁sho