7 Films & TV Shows Set In Serbia During The 1940s

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  American Renegades

  🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina 🇷🇸 Serbia The 1990s The 1940s

  5 Navy SEALs. $300 million in gold. 1 incredible mission. — In the midst of the Balkan wars, a squad of Navy SEALs attempts to unravel a long-forgotten mystery after discovering an enormous treasure trove hidden at the bottom of a lake in Serbia.

  Released in 2017 • 105 minutes
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  The Robbery of the Third Reich

  🇩🇪 Germany 🇷🇸 Serbia The 1940s

  During 1941 in Belgrade, two well-known thieves try to carry out the biggest robbery of Nazi authorities ever.

  Released in 2004 • 105 minutes
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  Underground

  🇩🇪 Germany 🇷🇸 Serbia The 1990s The 1940s

  ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A COUNTRY — Black marketeers Marko and Blacky manufacture and sell weapons to the Communist resistance in WWII Belgrade, living the good life along the way. Marko's surreal duplicity propels him up the ranks of the Communist Party, and he eventually abandons Blacky and steals his girlfriend. After a lengthy stay in a below-ground shelter, the couple reemerges during the Yugoslavian Civil War of the 1990s as Marko realizes that the situation is ripe for exploitation.

  Released in 1995 • 170 minutes
• The Original of the Forgery

  🇷🇸 Serbia The 1950s The 1960s The 1970s The 1980s The 1990s The 1940s

  The plot lasts from 1945 until today's day. Pavle, Stojan and Dragisa, the three war friends are taking different positions within the society immediately after the war. Pavle, a former war commissar, is now a school teacher. Thanks to him, Stojan, who was a bakery assistant before the war, does the job of a district committee's secretary, while Dragisa works in the state's secret police. The reason of conflict between Pavle and Stojan in 1947 was Stojan's fiancée Lena, who loves Pavle, marries him and gets pregnant, right when Pavle is taken to the state prison. Stojan accepts his wife and kid again, but the avalanche of political events will make all them unable to stop the inevitable catastrophe.

  Released in 1991 • 117 minutes
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  Who's Singin' Over There?

  🇷🇸 Serbia The 1940s

  5 April 1941, one day before the Nazi attack of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, a colourful group of passengers is headed for Belgrade.

  Released in 1980 • 86 minutes
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  The Republic of Užice

  🇷🇸 Serbia The 1940s

  In 1941, a few months after German tanks forced Yugoslav Royal Army to capitulate, organized resistance is turning into massive uprising against occupying forces. Partisans, led by the Communist party, manage to chase Germans from huge territory later known as the Uzice Republic. However, forces loyal to King have some other ideas.

  Released in 1974 • 170 minutes
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  Three

  🇷🇸 Serbia The 1940s

  Episodic WWII drama that follows a Yugoslav man through the war as he goes from witness to victim to aggressor.

  Released in 1965 • 80 minutes