Tito | |
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Genre | Historical documentary |
Directed by | Antun Vrdoljak |
Starring |
Boris Svrtan Ivo Gregurević Goran Višnjić Goran Navojec Tarik Filipović Goran Grgić Boris Miholjević Milan Štrljić Predrag Vušović |
Theme music composer | Arsen Dedić |
Country of origin | Croatia |
Original language | Croatian |
No. of episodes | 12 |
Production | |
Producer | Antun Vrdoljak |
Cinematography | Vjekoslav Vrdoljak |
Editor | Jasmina Božinovska Živalj |
Original release | |
Network | HRT1 |
Release | March 19 June 11, 2010 | –
Tito is a 2010 Croatian historical miniseries about Yugoslav leader Josip Broz Tito. The first episode aired March 19, 2010. [1]
The series is a co-production by Croatian Radiotelevision and Mediteran film. The two first collaborated on the series Long Dark Night, which at a top audience of 1.8 million viewers was one of the most-watched domestic productions in history. [2] After the announcement of the documentary, Tito's granddaughter Saša Broz announced that she and her family would use all means possible to obstruct filming. [3] Tito cost a reported 1 million euros to make. [4]
The first episode of Tito was seen by 800,000 viewers, [5] recording a rating of 22.6 and a share of 49.9. [6] However, the number of viewers dropped sharply thereafter, and the 11th episode had a rating of just 8.3. [6]
The series was criticized for alleged numerous factual errors, [7] [8] distortions and omissions, [7] [8] lack of originality, [6] and badly executed dramatizations. [6]