It Was Not in Vain

{{About|the Yugoslav film|the Anglo-Dutch film|But Not in Vain}}

{{short description|1957 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = It Was Not in Vain

| image =

| caption =

| director = Nikola Tanhofer

| producer =

| writer = Nikola Tanhofer
Pero Budak

| starring = Boris Buzančić

| cinematography = Slavko Zalar

| editing = Radojka Tanhofer

| studio = Jadran Film

| distributor =

| released = {{film date|df=yes|1957|2|2|Yugoslavia|ref1={{cite web|url=http://hrfilm.hr/baza_film.php?id=289|title=Nije bilo uzalud|work=hrfilm.hr|publisher=Croatian Film Association|language=hr|accessdate=21 October 2018}}}}

| runtime = 93 minutes

| country = Yugoslavia

| language = Serbo-Croatian

}}

It Was Not in Vain ({{langx|hr|Nije bilo uzalud}}) is a 1957 Yugoslavian drama film directed by Nikola Tanhofer. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.