Serbian Medieval Heroes - Season 2
Feature-documentary series – 10 episodes
Release date:October 2020 (Serbian Broadcasting Corporation - RTS)
Director and Writer: Gordan Matić
Director of Photography: Predrag Jočić S.A.S.
Editors: Stevan Marić, Aleksandar Popović, Olga Košarić, Marija Kovačina, Dijana Morača, Bojan Simić
Costume designer: Ivana Nestorović
Production designer: Jelena Mirković
Makeup artist: Mirjana Stevović
Sound designers: Vladimir Petričević
Sound recordists: Goran Štifanić, Vladica Budić
Executive producers: Jelena Bajić-Jočić, Nedeljko Bajić
Line producer: Snežana Mileusnić
Narrator/ Host: Vladimir Aleksić
Poetry narrator: Tihomir Stanić
Special guests:
Branka Pujić
Anđela Jovanović
Savo Milošević
Synopsis
History is not simple truth. It is not a depleted reality. History has to be observed as the point of view from which one culture perceives past events. (Gordan Matić, Writer and Director)
After the Season 1 of the feature-documentary series "Serbian Medieval Heroes", premiered in 2017, followed by excellent audience and public reactions, ten new episodes were produced, again revealing unfamiliar details of Serbian medieval history and heritage. The initial idea of this great project, produced by Telekom Srbija, with executive producer Contrast Studios, was offering the audience a new, attractive, high quality educational content, alike some popular world documentary formats, with the purpose to educate audience of all ages and preserve heritage and identity of Serbian people. Well aware of the importance of such a project, along with a team of authors, the producers gathered a group of various experts, whose expertise brought additional value and legitimacy to the project, emphasizing its educational character.
Second season of the series "Serbian Medieval Heroes" includes XIV and XV century period. Like the season one, every episode is the fusion of history, epic and traditional elements, telling stories of people who determined the fate of the entire Balkans during this turbulent period of history. Still, it is not only their biographies, but also a presentation of medieval lifestyle, customs, traditions and influences that have remained to the present day.
New season of "Serbian Medieval Heroes" brings stories of actual and fictional characters. Some of them were meant to become heroes, others triumphed by the sword or fateful events – both of them living lives we had hardly known. Heroes of the new stories are Despot Stefan Lazarević, Đurađ Branković, Jelena Balšić, Uroš the Emperor, Duke Momčilo, Tvrtko Kotromanić the First, Banović Strahinja and Jug Bogdan.
Production of the second season of this feature-documentary series was systematic and thorough. Filming new episodes, the crew toured the entire Balkans, visiting numerous locations some of them documented for the first time, uncovering certain documents seen only by a small number of people before. Filming locations were all over Serbia, in Croatia, Montenegro as well. Certain segments were recorded in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia and in the monasteries of Mount Athos.
Following the first season, storyteller is Serbian actor Vladimir Aleksić, who guides the audience through the stories, while another eminent actor, Tihomir Stanić, tells the verses of Serbian epic poetry, subtly incorporated into the stories of our heroes. Vivid reconstructions of historical events, combined with CGI and featured parts, with authentic costumes, weaponries and props, create an exceptional testimony of Serbian Middle Ages.
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