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United Brothers

1996 · 1 season

A wry, talky sitcom of black-market scheming where bitter former enemies haggle over drinks in one tiny neutral bar.

Created by
dr Nele Karajlić
Genres
Comedy, War & politics
Starring
Nataša Ninković, Darko Ostojić, Drale Daugentaler
Overview
Taking place just after the end of Bosnian War, the series is mostly set in a kafana named Složna braća owned by Halimić brothers and located on a small patch of UN-controlled territory (covering 0.0657 km2) not claimed by any of the three warring sides. Serbs, Bosniaks, and Croats, otherwise very hostile to each other following a ferocious civil war, regularly visit the said kafana in no man's land in order to arrange mutual black market activities (weapons and food trade, oil and cigarette smuggling, etc.). When the word gets around about an important weapons shipment passing through the territory that can supposedly completely change the division of power in the Balkans, the place becomes a lively hub of espionage, deal making, and skulduggery.

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Created by
dr Nele Karajlić
Genres
Comedy, War & politics
Starring
Nataša Ninković, Darko Ostojić, Drale Daugentaler
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 3 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • crime
  • greed
  • deception
  • power
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language strong
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour7
Realism6
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy, war & politics
Created by
dr Nele Karajlić
Written by
Oleg Novković, dr Nele Karajlić, Nikola Pejaković
Starring
Nataša Ninković, Darko Ostojić, Drale Daugentaler, Sandra Nogić, Sanja Samardžić, Robert Coti, Davorin Šegulja, dr Nele Karajlić
Length
1 seasons, 7 episodes
Network
RTS 1
Country
Yugoslavia
Languages
Bosnian, English, German, Serbian, Croatian

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