If you're looking for a historically accurate depiction of Yugoslavia between world wars, you're in a wrong place. However, if you're looking for a crime thriller in which actual historical figures play important roles, then this might be interesting.
In terms of story and production values ("look and feel") this is the most accomplished TV show from Serbia in well over a decade. It has an ambitious plot playing on several levels.
The only thing that bothered me was the choice of language, which seems to be a conscious decision in Serbian cinema and, for that matter, in the whole former Yugoslavia. At a certain point I've realized that the F-word and it's derivatives constitute a good part of the script. The Serbian language is particularly creative in this area, but even that didn't help in the long run.
To be clear, I'm not complaining that a wealthy socialite in the show might use the vocabulary of the lowest social strata. Although i find it highly unlikely, my thoughts on the topic have been covered in my comment above that this is not a documentary. What I mean is that there are scenes where, instead of writing a generic dialogue, the writer(s) opted for profanities. This I can attribute solely to lazy script writing...
In terms of story and production values ("look and feel") this is the most accomplished TV show from Serbia in well over a decade. It has an ambitious plot playing on several levels.
The only thing that bothered me was the choice of language, which seems to be a conscious decision in Serbian cinema and, for that matter, in the whole former Yugoslavia. At a certain point I've realized that the F-word and it's derivatives constitute a good part of the script. The Serbian language is particularly creative in this area, but even that didn't help in the long run.
To be clear, I'm not complaining that a wealthy socialite in the show might use the vocabulary of the lowest social strata. Although i find it highly unlikely, my thoughts on the topic have been covered in my comment above that this is not a documentary. What I mean is that there are scenes where, instead of writing a generic dialogue, the writer(s) opted for profanities. This I can attribute solely to lazy script writing...