W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism

W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism
DVD cover of the movie
Directed by	Dušan Makavejev
Written by	Dušan Makavejev
Produced by	Dušan Makavejev
Cinematography	Aleksandar Petković Pega Popović
Edited by	Ivanka Vukasović
Music by	Bojana Marijan
Release date	1971 (1971)
Running time	85 min.
Countries	Yugoslavia West Germany
Languages	Serbo-Croatian English

W.R.: Mysteries of the Organism (Serbo-Croatian: W.R. – Misterije organizma / W.R. – Мистерије организма) is a 1971 film by Serbian director Dušan Makavejev that explores the relationship between communist politics and sexuality, as well as presenting the controversial life and work of Austrian-American psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957). The film's narrative structure is unconventional, intermixing fictional and documentary elements.

After initial screenings, both in and out of Yugoslavia, W.R. was banned in that country for the next 16 years. Makavejev was subsequently indicted there on criminal charges of "derision" towards "the state, its agencies, and representatives" after he made intemperate remarks to a West German newspaper about the ban.^[1] His exile from his home country lasted until the end of the regime.