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

From Russia with Love
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…

Black Cat, White Cat
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…

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

Time of the Gypsies
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.

3 Days to Kill
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…

The November Man
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.

A Serbian Film
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…

Murder on the Orient Express
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…

Who's Singin' Over There?
On April 5th 1941 a day before the Nazi attack on the Kingdom of Yugoslavia a colorful group of passengers is headed for Belgrade...

When Father Was Away on Business
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…
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