Operation Sabre

Season 1 - 8 x 50 minutes | World Premiere
In Serbian, Croatian, German, English, subtitled in French and English
Episodes 1 & 2

In presence of creators and directors Vladimir Tagić and Goran Stanković and actors and actress Ljubomir Bandović, Lazar Tasić,  Milica Gojković and Dragan Mićanović.

Synopsis

Belgrade, 2003. When Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić is assassinated, the country plunges into chaos, and the government declares a state of emergency. A turning point in recent Serbian history told through the perspective of a female journalist, a police inspector and a young criminal.

Note from the artistic direction

After Awake in 2020, Serbia is back in competition at CANNESERIES. Operation Sabre revisits the dark hours of the country after the fall of Milošević with a meticulous reconstruction of the assassination of Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic in 2003. Tense and very effective, the directing reflects the chaos of a country stuck between corruption and justice inefficiency. A committed and engaging portrait of a historical moment, completely unknown from the rest of Europe, and of its unfortunately still very present consequences on Serbian society.

Credits: © This and That Productions

Original Title

Sablja

Written by

Dejan Prćić, Vladimir Tagić, Goran Stanković, Maja Pelević, Marjan Alčevski

Directed by
Goran Stanković, Vladimir Tagić

Photography
Aleksandar Košutić

Editing
Lazar Predojev, Vladimir Radovanović, Milena Predić

Music
Aleksandar Ranđelović

Cast
Dragan Mićanović, Milica Gojković, Ljubomir Bandović, Lazar Tasić, Zlatko Burić, Jasna Đuričić

Production
Radio Television of Serbia, This and That Productions (Snežana van Houwelingen), Agitprop (Martichka Bozhilova)

Sales
Beta Film

Broadcast
Radio Television of Serbia