 [mild spoiler warning] The final bombing scene was originally meant  to include wild animals from the bombed zoo roaming through the  city, which indeed happened; in fact, the old newspapers article  about this event was one of inspirations for the author  Dusan Kovacevic (qv). Unfortunately, at the time that the movie  was being shot Tito, the long time president of communist era  Yugoslavia, died which resulted in the extended mourning period that  effectively canceled all entertainment activities in the country 