
InnocenceUnprotectediscomposedoffootageofthe1941filmofthesamename.InnocenceUnprotectedwasoriginallyfilmedin1941underthetitleNevinostbezzaštitewhichwasmeanttobethefirstsoundfeaturefilmmadeinSerbia.NevinostbezzaštitewasmadebytheYugoslavgymnastDragoljubAleksić,whowrote,produced,directed,andstarredinthefilm.NevinostbezzaštitewasneverreleasedduetotheNazicensorswhileironicallylaterduringtheYugoslavcommunistperiodsomeaccusedandcondemneditasbeingpro-Nazi.<br/> In1968filmmakerDušanMakavejevfoundthefilmandexpandeduponitwithnewsreelfootageofNaziPropagandaandGermanoccupationaswell.OtherfootageincludesAleksićperforminghisacrobaticsandfilmedinterviewsofthesurvivingcastmembers.Makavejevtintedsomeoftheblackandwhitescenesinthefilmandhandcoloredsomedetails.ThefilmwasreferredtobyMakavejevasa"montageofattractions",withamontagestyledcelebrationofSerbiancustoms,folklore,andhumor.

