Heaven Without Love (, ) is a Yugoslav drama film directed by Vladimir PogaÃÂiÃÂ, adapted from a play by Milan Tutorov. It was released in 1959. The film was poorly received.
In Belgrade, Marija, a pharmacy student (Ljubica JoviÃÂ) marries a medicine student, Slobodan MarkoviÃÂ (Milan PuziÃÂ), in order to solve her existential issues. They grow older and their relationship changes. Slobodan abuses and ignores her, convinces her to have an abortion as she gets pregnant, and cheats on her with a nurse, so she starts a tragic love affair with Pavle Borovac (Antun Vrdoljak), a young journalist whom she meets at a beach.
The film was poorly received upon its release and was criticised for its perceived advocacy of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy. Utilising psychological realism, the film was part of a trend of decreasing emphasis on ideology and regime compliance in Communist cinema towards the late 1950s. Tomislav à  akiàof Kino Tuà ¡kanac likens the film to Orson Welles' Citizen Kane in its form as it tells the story from the point of view of a police investigation, and considers it an early feminist film for its portrayal of abortion.