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A Nobel bridge over the Drina, Kusturica's underground cellars, Belgrade splavs and 1990s wounds — Serbian stories span empires and breakups. Start with these ten, then open the country on StoryTerra's map.

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10 famous stories set in Serbia

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Browse 32 books, 91 movies and 1 game set in Serbia.

From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love

United Artists-Eon Productions-Danjaq
movie

Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the…

Setting: Istanbul, Turkey; Venice, Italy; YugoslaviaTime Period: 1960s
Black Cat, White Cat

Black Cat, White Cat

CiBy 2000-Pandora Film-Komuna
movie

Matko is a small time hustler living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister Afrodita that he desperately…

Setting: Danube River Region; SerbiaTime Period: 1998
Underground

Underground

Komuna-Barrandov Studio
movie

A group of Serbian socialists prepares for the war in a surreal underground filled by parties tragedies love and hate.

Setting: YugoslaviaTime Period: World War II; Cold War
Time of the Gypsies

Time of the Gypsies

Ljubavny Film-Kinema Sarajevo-Televizija Sarajevo
movie

In this luminous tale set in the former Yugoslavia Perhan an engaging young Romany with telekinetic powers is seduced by the quick-cash world of petty crime that threatens to destroy him and those he loves.

Setting: Former YugoslaviaTime Period: 1980s
3 Days to Kill

3 Days to Kill

Wonderland Sound and Vision-EuropaCorp-Relativity Media-20th Century Fox
movie

A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first he must complete one last mission - even if it means…

Setting: Paris, France; Belgrade, SerbiaTime Period: 2014
The November Man

The November Man

Irish Dreamtime-Relativity Media-SPD Films
movie

An ex-CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.

Setting: Belgrade, SerbiaTime Period: 2014
A Serbian Film

A Serbian Film

Contra Film
movie

Milos a retired porn star leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives Milos must participate in one…

Setting: SerbiaTime Period: 2010
Murder on the Orient Express

Murder on the Orient Express

by Agatha Christie
book

Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year, but by the morning it is one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in…

Setting: ['Constantinople (Turkey)', 'Vinkovci (Croatia)', 'Yugoslavia', 'Aleppo, Syria']Time Period: 1934
Who's Singin' Over There?

Who's Singin' Over There?

Centar film
movie

On April 5th 1941 a day before the Nazi attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia a colorful group of passengers is headed for Belgrade...

Setting: Belgrade, YugoslaviaTime Period: April 5th 1941
When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business

Cannon Group-Forum Sarajevo-Centar film-Sutjeska Film
movie

Tito's break-up with Stalin in 1948 marked the beginning of not only confusing but also very dangerous years for many hard-core Yugoslav communists. A careless remark about the newspaper cartoon is enough for Mesha to…

Setting: YugoslaviaTime Period: 1948-1950s

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